Aphasia in African-Americans and Caucasians: Severity, improvement, and rate of improvement

Aphasiology

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 533-542

  Wertz, R T ^a,b   Auther, L L ^a,b   Ross, K B ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPEECH;

EID: 0030942114     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687039708248489     Document Type: Article

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