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The specificity of notation codes in apraxic agraphia: Dissociation between Arabic and alphabetical scripts in a patient with severe ideomotor and visuoconstructional apraxia

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Pages 11-23 | Received 15 Apr 2009, Accepted 08 Jan 2010, Published online: 28 Jul 2010

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