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Case Reports
. 1966 Sep 9;153(3741):1280-2.
doi: 10.1126/science.153.3741.1280.

Dominant hemispherectomy: preliminary report on neuropsychological sequelae

A Smith, C W Burklund
Case Reports

Dominant hemispherectomy: preliminary report on neuropsychological sequelae

A Smith et al. Science. .

Abstract

The first reported case of continuing survival 6 months after left hemispherectomy for glioma in a right-handed adult shows diminishing psychological impairment. Different degrees of initial impairment and in subsequent recovery of propositional speech, verbal comprehension, reading, writing, and other functions indicate quantitative rather than-qualitative differences in adult left-and right-hemispheric functions.

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