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Frontotemporal dementia and primary progressive aphasia, a review

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2014
Howard S KirshnerDepartment of Neurology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USAAbstract: Frontotemporal dementias are neurodegenerative diseases in which symptoms of frontal and/or temporal lobe disease are the first signs of the ...
Kirshner HS
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A decade with anomic primary progressive aphasia [PDF]

eNeurologicalSci
Some patients with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) demonstrate only anomia. The lack of longitudinal observations of anomic PPA precluded us from determining whether progressive anomic aphasia was simply an early stage of semantic or logopenic variants,
Shoko Ota, Kazuo Kakinuma, Wataru Narita, Yoshiyuki Nishio, Nobuko Kawakami, Ayane Tamagake, Shigenori Kanno, Minoru Matsuda, Kyoko Suzuki   +8 more
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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]

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2023
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, Janaina Mariana de Araujo Miranda Brito-Marques   +1 more
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Behavioral Treatment for Speech and Language in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech: A Systematic Review

Neuropsychology Review, 2023
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS) are neurodegenerative syndromes characterized by progressive decline in language or speech.
L. Wauters, K. Croot, Heather R. Dial, Joseph R. Duffy, S. Grasso, Esther Kim, Kristin Schaffer Mendez, K. Ballard, H. Clark, Leeah Kohley, Laura L Murray, E. Rogalski, Mathieu Figeys, Lisa H Milman, Maya L. Henry   +14 more
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Symptom‐led staging for semantic and non‐fluent/agrammatic variants of primary progressive aphasia

Alzheimer's & Dementia, 2023
Here we set out to create a symptom‐led staging system for the canonical semantic and non‐fluent/agrammatic variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA), which present unique diagnostic and management challenges not well captured by functional scales ...
Chris J D Hardy, C. Taylor-Rubin, Beatrice Taylor, E. Harding, Aida Suarez Gonzalez, Jessica Jiang, Laura Thompson, R. Kingma, Anthipa Chokesuwattanaskul, Ffion Walker, Suzie Barker, E. Brotherhood, C. Waddington, Olivia Wood, Nicola Zimmermann, N. Kupeli, Keir X. X. Yong, Paul M Camic, Joshua Stott, Charles R. Marshall, N. Oxtoby, J. Rohrer, A. Volkmer, Sebastian J Crutch, Jason D. Warren   +24 more
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Hesitations in Primary Progressive Aphasia

Languages, 2023
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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Advances in Primary Progressive Aphasia

Brain Sciences, 2022
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by progressive and predominant language impairment [...]
Jordi A. Matias-Guiu, Robert Laforce, Monica Lavoie, Rene L. Utianski   +3 more
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“They are dealing with people’s lives…”: Diagnostic and post-diagnostic healthcare experiences in primary progressive aphasia

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2023
Purpose The healthcare experience is a multifaceted and varied process, particularly for people living with complex conditions such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Different experiences influence pathways through the health system, impacting client
Tisha Ho, A. Whitworth, D. Hersh, J. Cartwright   +3 more
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Results from a randomised controlled pilot study of the Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia (BCPPA) communication partner training program for people with PPA and their communication partners

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2023
Background There has been a growing focus on functional communication interventions for primary progressive aphasia (PPA). These interventions aim to support individuals to participate in life situations.
A. Volkmer, H. Walton, K. Swinburn, A. Spector, J. Warren, S. Beeke   +5 more
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Longitudinal study of primary progressive aphasia in a patient with pathologically diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
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, Kazunari Ishii, Kazumasa Saigoh, Osamu Shirakawa   +3 more
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