Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy Versus Intensive Semantic Treatment in Fluent Aphasia
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1058-0360,1558-9110
DOI: 10.1044/2015_ajslp-14-0018