Abstract
AbstractBackgroundLittle is known about the influence of bilingualism in aphasia.AimsTo analyze the effect of bilingualism in a group of patients with aphasia.MethodsData from155 monolingual and 53 bilingual aphasia patients were analyzed.ResultsIt was found that aphasia was significantly less severe in bilinguals when compared to monolinguals (p=0.023)ConclusionBilingualism represents a protecting factor in aphasia. Aphasia is less severe and consequently, recovery is expected to be better in bilingual patients.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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