Surface dyslexia in an Italian patient with semantic dementia

Neurocase

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-312

  Rozzini, Luca ^a,b,d   Bianchetti, Angelo ^a,b   Lussignoli, Giulia ^a,b   Cappa, Stefano ^c   Trabucchi, Marco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d S Cuore Fatebenefratelli Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; PHONETICS; READING; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030772082     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/3.4.307     Document Type: Article

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