Kluver-Bucy Syndrome (review)
- VernacularTitle:Kluver-Bucy综合征
- Author:
Li-ying WANG
;
Jing LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Kluver-Bucy syndrome, visual agnosia, seizure, neuropsychiatric disorder, review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2006;12(12):1076-1077
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Kluver-Bucy syndrome (KBS) is a rare neuropsychiatric disorder. The characteristics of KBS include visual agnosia, hyperorality, changes in dietary habits, hypermetamorphosis, placidity, hypersexuality, and etc. However, some features like aphasia, amnesia,dementia and seizure are probably exclusive to humans. KBS is usually associated with lesions of the bilateral temporal lobe.
