Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 82, Issue 8 , Pages 1073-1080 , August 2001

Recovery from moderate aphasia in the first year poststroke: Effect of type of therapy

,Accepted 20 October 2000.

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 Supported by grants from the Ministero Università e Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica and the IRCCS Santa Lucia, Roma.

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doi: 10.1053/apmr.2001.25155

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 82, Issue 8 , Pages 1073-1080 , August 2001