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Which of the following is likely to be found in a patient with lesion in shaded area?

A
Fluent speech output
B
Normal repetition
C
Acalculia
D
Dysarthric speech pattern
High-Yield Explanation
Wernicke's aphasia is caused by a lesion in the posterior superior temporal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere. It is characterized by impaired lan­guage comprehension, inability to repeat, and fluent speech output with paraphasic errors. The only associated neurologic sign may be a right superior quadrantanopia second~ to the proximity of the inferior optic radiation to Wernicke's area in the left temporal lobe.

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