Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 602-612 , May 2010

Visuospatial asymmetry and non-spatial attention in subacute stroke patients with and without neglect

  • Marlies E. van Kessel

      Affiliations

    • Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Development and Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Development and Education, PO Box 9011, 6500 GM Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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  • Ilse J.W. van Nes

      Affiliations

    • Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Development and Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Wiebo H. Brouwer

      Affiliations

    • University Medical Centre Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Alexander C.H. Geurts

      Affiliations

    • Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Development and Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Luciano Fasotti

      Affiliations

    • Sint Maartenskliniek Research, Development and Education, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    • Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Received 16 July 2008 ,Revised 15 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 June 2009.

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