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01-01-2015 | Letter to the Editors

Crossed aphasia and preserved visuospatial functions in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia

Authors: Annalisa Parente, Anna Rita Giovagnoli

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 1/2015

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Title: Crossed aphasia and preserved visuospatial functions in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia
Authors: Annalisa Parente
Anna Rita Giovagnoli
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7562-x

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