Low-frequency rTMS with language therapy over a 3-month period for sensory-dominant aphasia: Case series of two post-stroke Japanese patients

Brain Injury

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1113-1117

  Kakuda, Wataru ^a   Abo, Masahiro ^a   Uruma, Go ^a   Kaito, Nobuyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Motoi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Language therapy; Low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; Sensory dominant aphasia; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 77955449020     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.494587     Document Type: Article

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