Crossed aphasia and related anomalies of cerebral organization: Case reports and a genetic hypothesis

Brain and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-239

  Alexander, Michael P ^b   Annett, Marian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 0007392726     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0102     Document Type: Article

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