Mutism following left hemisphere infarction.
Open Access
- 1 December 1984
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 47 (12) , 1342-1344
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.47.12.1342
Abstract
A case of mutism due to left hemisphere infarction is described. Recovery revealed mild motor dysphasia. Review of the literature showed that the case resembles aphemia but is unique by virtue of its duration, and the absence of associated apraxia and paresis.Keywords
This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
- MutismJournal of Nervous & Mental Disease, 1983
- Motor aphasia unaccompanied by faciobrachial weaknessNeurology, 1983
- Aphasia With Nonhemorrhagic Lesions in the Basal Ganglia and Internal CapsuleArchives of Neurology, 1982
- Aphemia resulting from a left frontal hematomaNeurology, 1981
- Aphasia following infarction of the left supplementary motor areaNeurology, 1978
- Broca aphasiaNeurology, 1978
- The “Pure form” of the phonetic disintegration syndrome (pure anarthria); anatomo-clinical report of a historical caseBrain and Language, 1976
- Psychiatric Aspects of AphasiaThe British Journal of Psychiatry, 1973
- ELECTIVE MUTISM IN CHILDREN: A RE‐APPRAISALJournal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1963
- FACIAL APRAXIA AND APRAXIC DYSARTHRIABrain, 1947