Recovery from aphasia after hemicraniectomy for infarction of the speech-dominant hemisphere

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 825-829

  Kastrau, Frank ^a   Wolter, Marcus ^b   Huber, Walter ^a   Block, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b Knappschaftskrankenhaus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Cerebral infarction; Craniotomy; Recovery of function

Indexed keywords

AACHEN APHASIA TEST; ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMICRANIECTOMY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; APHASIA; APHASIA, BROCA; APHASIA, WERNICKE; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844373884     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000157595.93115.70     Document Type: Article

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