BMC Neurology

Table 2 Visual characteristics of individual patients diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy (PCA; n = 18)

From: Differentiation of neuropsychological features between posterior cortical atrophy and early onset Alzheimer’s disease

	Patients Number
Symptom	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Visual agnosia
Object agnosia		+							+	+
Prosopagnosia						+						+
Color agnosia			+
Balint’s syndrome
Simultanagnosia	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+
Ocular apraxia						+		+	+	+		+					+
Optic ataxia		+	+	+	+	+		+	+			+	+				+
Gerstmann’s syndrome
Right–left indistinction		+			+		+	+	+		+		+		+	+
Agraphia	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Finger agnosia		+		+	+	+	+		+	+	+		+		+	+
Acalculia	+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hemineglect		+	+			+				+	+	+					+	+
Limb apraxia		+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+		+
Visuo-constructive apraxia	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Alexia	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

The plus signs indicate the presence of symptoms

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