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Utilizing Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Language Function in Stroke Patients with Chronic Non-fluent Aphasia
Published on: July 2, 2013
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Disability of people with aphasia is overestimated by general practitioners
Mathilde Carlsberg1, Valentine Percey2, Sophie Arheix-Parras3
1Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, INSERM U1219, University of Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France; Department of physical medicine and rehabilitation, CHU de Bordeaux, 33000 Bordeaux, France.
Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
|March 10, 2020
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