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Heading disorientation: a new test and a possible underlying mechanism.

Ritsuo R Hashimoto, Yasufumi Y Tanaka, and Imaharu I Nakano

Eur Neurol 63(2):87-93 (2010) PMID 20090342

Heading disorientation (HD) is a type of pure topographical disorientation. Reported cases showing HD have been very few so far, and its underlying mechanism remains unclear. The aim of this study is to find the anatomic substrates of HD and to demonstrate a possible underlying mechanism for the symptom.

DOI: 276398
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