Lesion site patterns in severe, nonverbal aphasia to predict outcome with a computer-assisted treatment program

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1438-1448

  Naeser, Margaret A ^a,b   Baker, Errol H ^a   Palumbo, Carole L ^a   Nicholas, Marjorie ^b   Alexander, Michael P ^a   Samaraweera, Ranji ^a,b   Prete, Malee N ^a   Hodge, Steven M ^a   Weissman, Tamily ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH REHABILITATION;

EID: 0031785391     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.11.1438     Document Type: Article

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