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Apraxia of speech associated with an infarct in the precentral gyrus of the insula

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It has been postulated that the precentral gyrus in the left insula is responsible for co-ordination of speech. We report a paitent with this disturbance who showed an acute infarct limited to this region.

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Received: 10 September 1998 Accepted: 15 September 1998

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Nagao, M., Takeda, K., Komori, T. et al. Apraxia of speech associated with an infarct in the precentral gyrus of the insula. Neuroradiology 41, 356–357 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340050764

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