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Gerstmann's syndrome is due to involvement of

A
Right parietal lobe
B
Left parietal lobe
C
Upper brain stem
D
Cerebellum
High-Yield Explanation
(B) Left parietal lobe # GERSTMANN SYNDROME: Combination of acalculia (impairment of simple arithmetic), dysgraphia (impaired writing), finger anomia (inability to name individual fingers as the index or thumb) & right-left confusion (inability to tell when a hand, foot or arm of the patient or examiner is on the right or left side of the body).> When this syndrome is in isolation, it is commonly associated with damage to the inferior parietal lobule (especially the angular gyrus) in the left hemisphere.

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