Broca's aphemia: an illustrated account of its clinico-anatomic validity Afemia de Broca: um relato ilustrado sobre sua validade anátomo-clínica

OBJECTIVE: To present the case of a 54-year-old man with loss of speech, but with preservation of voluntary facio-lingual motility, language and other cognitive abilities (Broca's aphemia). METHOD: Observation of patient oral communicative abilities and general behavior, neuropsychological asse...

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Main Authors: Ricardo de Oliveira-Souza, Jorge Moll, Egas M.A. Caparelli-Dáquer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2007-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2007000700025