Cross linguistic aphasia testing: The Portuguese version of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT)
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Cross linguistic aphasia testing: the Portuguese version of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT).
We report the adaptation of the Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT) to the Portuguese language (PAAT) and the results of its standardization in 125 persons with aphasia and 153 healthy controls. Patients with aphasia had a previous syndromic diagnosis, obtained through a Portuguese aphasia battery, which served as a reference. The control group was stratified by age and educational level. Hierarchical cl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1355-6177,1469-7661
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617708081253