title: Softly spoken strokes: two patients with marked hypophonia as a feature of strokes involving the anterior thalamus.
abstract: Two patients with strokes involving thalamic structures are described. Both displayed marked hypophonia as part of their clinical syndromes. This speech disorder and its possible localizing value are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. blacker.david@mayo.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Blacker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013788:Thalamus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*