Table 2.
Location of ischemic lesion in relation to the presence of impaired semantic or phonemic fluency
Lesion location, n (%) | Impaired semantic fluency | Impaired phonemic fluency | ||
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Yes (n = 18) | No (n = 75) | Yes (n = 29) | No (n = 64) | |
Left hemisphere (n = 34) | 11 (61 %) | 23 (31 %) | 16 (55 %) | 18 (28 %) |
Right hemisphere (n = 40) | 5 (28 %) | 35 (47 %) | 8 (28 %) | 32 (50 %) |
Infratentorial (n = 12) | 1 (6 %) | 11 (15 %) | 2 (7 %) | 10 (16 %) |
Multiple locations (n = 7) | 1 (6 %) | 6 (8 %) | 3 (10 %) | 4 (6 %) |