Epidural electrical stimulation to improve chronic poststroke aphasia: A 5-year follow-up
Background: Aphasia is an incapacitating deficit experienced by almost 25% of patients after a left hemispheric ischemic stroke. Spontaneous recovery is considered to be limited to a period of 3 to 6 months. Although speech therapy performed during the first weeks may speed up this process and enhan...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-07-01
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| Series: | Brain Stimulation |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X11000623 |