Osawa Aiko, Maeshima Shinichiro, Yoshimura Takako
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
J Clin Neurosci. 2006 Dec;13(10):1066-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.01.041. Epub 2006 Oct 30.
We report a patient with aphasia caused by cerebral infarction in the left temporal, parietal and occipital lobes that was complicated by acquired stuttering (AS), which is an unusual association. Our findings indicated that Wernicke's area might be involved in the development of AS.