Aphasia in children with basal ganglia lesions. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Subcortical aphasia has been extensively studied in adults, but only a few childhood cases have been reported. In this chapter, we focus on aphasia in children who sustained nonthalamic damage to the basal ganglia after onset of language development. The clinical presentation of acquired basal ganglia-induced childhood aphasia can show a variety of linguistic deficits, and the prognosis is not always favourable. In addition to haemodynamic ...