Anosognosia
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Anosognosia is a condition in which the patient is not aware of the disorder or disease he or she is suffering from. It arises during a lesion of the non-dominant hemisphere (mostly the right). Most often, the patient is not aware of left-sided hemiparesis[1], some mental illnesses or advanced Alzheimer's disease.
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- ↑ AMBLER, Zdenek. Basics of neurology. 6th edition. Prague: Galén, 2006. 351 pp. ISBN 80-7262-433-4 .
