A Semantic Treatment for Cantonese Anomic Patients: Implications for the Relationship Between Impairment and Therapy

Language Disorders in Speakers of Chinese

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 273-292

  Law, Sam Po ^a   Wong, Winsy ^a   Wong, Elva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Kwan Fong Kai Chi School   (Hong Kong)

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