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Case 15 - From Stuttering to Mutism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2021

By
Thais Helena Machado ,
Elisa de Paula França Resende ,
Henrique Cerqueira Guimarães  and
Maria Teresa Carthery-Goulart
Edited by
Pedro Rosa-Neto  and
Serge Gauthier
Pedro Rosa-Neto
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Serge Gauthier
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
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Summary

EEP is a Brazilian, 68-year-old, right-handed man, with 15 years of schooling (graduated in business school). He is married and has a daughter and a son.

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Case Studies in Dementia
Common and Uncommon Presentations
 , pp. 68 - 73
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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