Global aphasia as a predictor of mortality in the acute phase of a first stroke

OBJECTIVE: To establish whether vascular aphasic syndromes can predict stroke outcomes. METHOD: Thirty-seven adults were evaluated for speech and language within 72 hours after a single first-ever ischemic brain lesion, in blind association to CT and/or MR. RESULTS: Speech or language disabilities w...

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Main Authors: F F Oliveira, B P Damasceno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2011-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000300002&lng=en&tlng=en
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