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. 2014;31(5-6):367-77.
doi: 10.1080/02643294.2014.924226.

What's in a name? The characterization of pure alexia

Randi Starrfelt  1 , Tim Shallice
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What's in a name? The characterization of pure alexia

Randi Starrfelt et al. Cogn Neuropsychol. 2014.
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