Impaired encoding of abstract letter order: Severe alexia in a mildly aphasic patient

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-556

  Greenwald, Margaret L ^a,b   Berndt, Rita Sloan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0001503959     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432999380717     Document Type: Article

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