Clinical Reasoning: A 77-year-old man presenting with episodic expressive aphasia.

Neurology

From the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry (A.S., A.C.); Department of Medicine (H.M.A.A.), Rochester Regional Health; and Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology (A.L.), and Department of Neurology (A.B.), University of Rochester Medical Center, NY.

Published: May 2018

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