Descriptive study of 192 adults with speech and language disturbances

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 170-174

  Mansur, Letícia Lessa ^a,b   Radanovic, Márcia ^a   Rüegg, Danielle ^a   De Mendonça, Lúcia Iracema Zanotto ^a   Scaff, Milberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Universidade de São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Clinical features; Etiology; Lesion; Neurolinguistics; Site

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; STROKE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 4444304559     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: 15163180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-31802002000600003     Document Type: Article

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