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Gerstmann's syndrome

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Watch it explainedShe cannot tell you which finger you are touching. She also cannot do simple sums.
"FAAL": Finger , Acalculia, Agraphia, Left-right disorientation — the Gerstmann tetrad from a dominant angular gyrus lesion.

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