Relation between aphasia and arcuate fasciculus in chronic stroke patients

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tak, Hyung J ^a   Jang, Sung H ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Arcuate fasciculus; Diffusion tensor tractography; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; KOREAN WESTERN APHASIA BATTERY; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; STROKE PATIENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERFORANT PATHWAY; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897954201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-14-46     Document Type: Article

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