Pathological switching between languages after frontal lesions in a bilingual patient

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 650-652

  Fabbro, Franco ^a,b   Skrap, Miran ^c   Aglioti, Salvatore ^d  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bilingual brain; Frontal lobes; Pathological switching between languages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APHASIA; BRAIN DISEASES; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 0034101390     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.68.5.650     Document Type: Article

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