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Aphemia: an isolated disorder of speech associated with an ischemic lesion of the left precentral gyrus

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    Caroline Ottomeyer, Björn Reuter, Theodor Jäger, Christina Roßmanith, Michael G. Hennerici & Kristina Szabo

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Ottomeyer, C., Reuter, B., Jäger, T. et al. Aphemia: an isolated disorder of speech associated with an ischemic lesion of the left precentral gyrus. J Neurol 256, 1166–1168 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5055-0

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