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To clarify cortical lesions responsible for apraxia in corticobasal degeneration (CBD), we reconstructed three-dimensional surface images from single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) data withN-isopropyl-p[I-123]-iodoamphetamine in two patients with CBD. Both had limb-kinetic apraxia (LKA) and one also had constructional apraxia (CA). Both showed asymmetrical cortical hypoperfusion in the perirolandic area. The patient with CA had unilateral hypoperfusion in the posterior parietal area. Thus, cortical hypoperfusion in the perirolandic area corresponded to LKA, and that in the posterior parietal area to CA.
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Okuda, B., Tachibana, H., Takeda, M. et al. Focal cortical hypoperfusion in corticobasal degeneration demonstrated by three-dimensional surface display with123I-IMP: a possible cause of apraxia. Neuroradiology 37, 642–644 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00593379
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