Genetic forms of primary progressive aphasia within the GENetic Frontotemporal dementia Initiative (GENFI) cohort: comparison with sporadic primary progressive aphasia [PDF]
Primary progressive aphasia is most commonly a sporadic disorder, but in some cases, it can be genetic. This study aimed to understand the clinical, cognitive and imaging phenotype of the genetic forms of primary progressive aphasia in comparison to the ...
Afonso, Sónia+156 more
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Primary progressive aphasia: analisys of 16 cases [PDF]
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is an intriguing syndrome, showing some peculiar aspects that differentiate it from classical aphasic pictures caused by focal cerebral lesions or dementia. The slow and progressive deterioration of language occurring in
Márcia Radanovic+8 more
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Clinicoradiological and neuropathological evaluation of primary progressive aphasia. [PDF]
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) defines a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterised by language decline. Three PPA variants correlate with distinct underlying pathologies: semantic variant PPA (svPPA) with transactive response DNA ...
Shir D+24 more
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Primary progressive aphasia: six questions in search of an answer [PDF]
Here, we review recent progress in the diagnosis and management of primary progressive aphasia—the language-led dementias. We pose six key unanswered questions that challenge current assumptions and highlight the unresolved difficulties that surround ...
Belder, Christopher RS+8 more
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Spelling Intervention in Post-Stroke Aphasia and Primary Progressive Aphasia [PDF]
Spelling–a core language skill–is commonly affected in neurological diseases such as stroke and Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). We present two case studies of the same spelling therapy (learning of phoneme-to-grapheme correspondences with help from ...
Kyrana Tsapkini, Argye E. Hillis
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau, p-Tau 181 and Amyloid-β<sub>38/40/42</sub> in Frontotemporal Dementias and Primary Progressive Aphasias [PDF]
Background/Aims: We determined cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations of amyloid-beta(A beta)(1-38), A beta(1-40), A beta(1-42), total tau and phospho-tau (p-tau) in order to study their differential expression in frontotemporal dementia (FTD, n = 25 ...
Mirko Bibl+8 more
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Right Hemisphere Involvement in Non-Fluent Primary Progressive Aphasia [PDF]
We described a 56-years-old man with a diagnosis of “non-fluent primary progressive aphasia” (NfPPA). An accurate neuropsychological, neurological and neuroimaging evaluation was performed in order to assess clinical and behavioural features of the ...
Claudia Repetto+7 more
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Patterns of Dysgraphia in Primary Progressive Aphasia Compared to Post-Stroke Aphasia [PDF]
We report patterns of dysgraphia in participants with primary progressive aphasia that can be explained by assuming disruption of one or more cognitive processes or representations in the complex process of spelling.
Andreia V. Faria+7 more
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Impaired semantic control in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia. [PDF]
We investigated semantic cognition in the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia, including (i) the status of verbal and non-verbal semantic performance; and (ii) whether the semantic deficit reflects impaired semantic control.
Henderson SK+7 more
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Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants [PDF]
Maria‐Luisa Gorno‐Tempini+19 more
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