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Chapter 5 - Management of Communication Disorders in Neurorehabilitation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 October 2018

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Rajani Sebastian  and
Donna C. Tippett
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Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair ,
Marlís González-Fernández  and
Jalesh N. Panicker
Krishnan Padmakumari Sivaraman Nair
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Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Marlís González-Fernández
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Jalesh N. Panicker
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London
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Neurorehabilitation Therapy and Therapeutics , pp. 41 - 51
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