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Stroke-Associated Acquired Stuttering

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Robert G. Fawcett
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Abstract

In this case report, the syndrome of acquired stuttering is described including its etiology, common presenting features, and differences from developmental stuttering. A case is described in an elderly female patient with sudden acquired stuttering associated with ischemic infarct near the left basal ganglia.

Type
Case Report
Information
CNS Spectrums , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , February 2005 , pp. 94 - 95
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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