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Published Online: March 1945

STUDIES ON THE CORPUS CALLOSUM : IV. Diagonistic Dyspraxia in Epileptics Following Partial and Complete Section of the Corpus Callosum

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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A peculiar type of behavior disorder consisting of an apparent conflict between the desired and the actually performed act is described in 2 epileptics following partial and complete callosal section. The psychobiological and psychoneurological aspects of this diagonistic type of dyspraxia is discussed. It is concluded that in the first case psychobiological factors played a major rôle in the etiology of the disorder, and that in the second case the diagonistic dyspraxia was probably an epileptic variant.

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Pages: 594 - 599

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Published in print: March 1945
Published online: 1 April 2006

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ANDREW J. AKELAITIS
The Department of Medicine, Division of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the clinics of the Strong Memorial and Rochester Municipal Hospitals.

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