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Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative diseases related to focal degenerations of the brain and mainly manifested by a gradual loss of speech functions.
V. A. Mikhailov +4 more
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Advances in Primary Progressive Aphasia [PDF]
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by progressive and predominant language impairment [...]
Jordi A. Matias-Guiu +3 more
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PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA [PDF]
Recently, clinical speech and language pathologists are facing a new challenge, diagnosing and suggesting intervention strategies for patients with progressive aphasia. This clinical syndrome differs in many aspects from classical vascular aphasia.
Zsolt Cséfalvay, Robert Rusina
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Language breakdown in primary progressive aphasias
Dementias with predominant language involvement, called primary progressive aphasias provide us with unique insight into systematic breakdown of language in neurodegenerative diseases and the structures and networks involved.
Amitabha Ghosh
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Neurodegenerative dementia may, in rare cases, initially manifest as isolated language impairments in the absence of other cognitive symptoms. These impairments are often somewhat imprecisely referred to as difficulties with 'word finding'. There are several variants of this form of dementia, each caused by different underlying neuropathologies ...
Torgeir Bruun Wyller +5 more
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Hesitations in Primary Progressive Aphasia
Hesitations are often used by speakers in spontaneous speech not only to organise and prepare their speech but also to address any obstacles that may arise during delivery.
Lorraine Baqué, María Jesús Machuca
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Crossed aphasia in a left-handed patient with non-fluent variant of primary progressive aphasia with left asymmetric brain SPECT [PDF]
Primary progressive aphasia is a clinical syndrome caused by neurodegeneration of areas and neural networks involved in language, usually in the left hemisphere.
Paulo Roberto de Brito-Marques +1 more
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Background Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease involving the deposition of pathologic amyloid-β and tau protein in the cerebral cortex. Alzheimer’s disease is commonly characterized by progressive impairment of recent memory.
Masahiko Takaya +3 more
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Therapy of Primary Progressive Aphasia in Current Research
Primary progressive aphasia is a neurodegenerative clinical syndrome with predominant speech and language dysfunction. There are currently no curative or symptomatic pharmacological treatments. Speech and Language Therapy represents the optimum treatment
Simona Hlaváčová
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Primary progressive aphasia with parkinsonism [PDF]
ABSTRACTA 65‐year‐old man presented with word‐finding difficulty and gait disturbance. His speech was nonfluent with word retrieval impairment and difficulties with sentence repetition. Other cognitive domains were intact initially. He developed asymmetrical bradykinesia, rigidity and a rest tremor.
Doherty, Karen M +4 more
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