TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Aphasia A1 - Kasper, Dennis L. A1 - Fauci, Anthony S. A1 - Hauser, Stephen L. A1 - Longo, Dan L. A1 - Jameson, J. Larry A1 - Loscalzo, Joseph Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Harrison's Manual of Medicine, 19e AB - Aphasias are disturbances in the comprehension or production of spoken or written language. Clinical examination should assess spontaneous speech (fluency), comprehension, repetition, naming, reading, and writing. A classification scheme is presented in Table 55-1. In nearly all right-handed individuals and many left-handed pts, language localization is in the left hemisphere. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128782957 ER -