Proper name anomia: A case with sparing of the first-letter knowledge

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 669-679

  Papagno, Costanza ^a,b   Capitani, Erminio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera San Paolo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Category specificity; Phonological lexical representations; Progressive temporal atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PHONETICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031853287     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00142-5     Document Type: Article

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