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Case 17 - The Man Who Stopped Reading

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2021

By
William S. Musser ,
Julia Kofler ,
James T. Becker  and
Oscar L. Lopez
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

This is about a 56-year-old man who presented to the neurology clinic because of reading difficulty.

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Case Studies in Dementia
Common and Uncommon Presentations
 , pp. 78 - 83
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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