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Taiwan Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
全失性失語症;腦梗塞;腦出血;外傷性腦傷;global aphasia;cerebral infarction;cerebral hemorrhage;TBI
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Etiological Study Of Global Aphasia, Szu-Fu Chen, Tsan-Hon Liou, Fu-Mei Hsich, I-Nan Lien
Etiological Study Of Global Aphasia, Szu-Fu Chen, Tsan-Hon Liou, Fu-Mei Hsich, I-Nan Lien
Rehabilitation Practice and Science
Global aphasia is the most severe form of language impairment that occurs following focal brain damage. Since communication and neurological functions in patients with global aphasia are seriously impaired, it is a real challenge to the rehabilitation team.The study was designed to determine the etiology of global aphasia, to find out any relationship between different etiology and age or sex. Fifty-one patients with global aphasia attending to the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of National Taiwan University Hospital from June 1990 to May 1993, were surveyed for the etiology of aphasia. Of the 51 patients (33 males and 15 …