The benefits and protective effects of behavioural treatment for dysgraphia in a case of primary progressive aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-265

  Rapp, Brenda ^a   Glucroft, Brian ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DYSGRAPHIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA; SPEECH THERAPY; SPELLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 60149083823     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030801943054     Document Type: Article

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