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. 1985 Aug;48(8):743–748. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.8.743

Spontaneous recovery of language in patients with aphasia between 4 and 34 weeks after stroke.

W Lendrem, N B Lincoln
PMCID: PMC1028444  PMID: 2411876

Abstract

The paper describes the spontaneous recovery of language abilities of 52 stroke patients who were aphasic for more than 4 weeks. These patients had been randomly allocated to receive no speech therapy and had been assessed at 6-weekly intervals after a stroke. There was improvement in language abilities over time. Age, sex and aphasia type were not related to the amount of improvement. An aphasic patient's level of language ability at 6 months could be predicted on the basis of the test score on the Porch Index of Communicative Ability at 4 weeks.

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