Surface dysgraphia in a regular orthography: Apostrophe use by an Italian writer

Neurocase

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 285-296

  Luzzi, Simona ^a   Bartolini, Marco ^a   Coccia, Michela ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Piccirilli, Massimo ^b   Snowden, Julie S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apostrophe; Focal brain atrophy; Reading; Surface dysgraphia; Writing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DYSGRAPHIA; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION; WRITING;

AGRAPHIA; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WRITING;

EID: 0041589758     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/neur.9.4.285.15551     Document Type: Article

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