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White matter disease correlates with lexical retrieval deficits in primary progressive aphasia

Frontiers in Neurology, 2013
Objective: To relate fractional anisotropy changes associated with the semantic and logopenic variants of primary progressive aphasia to measures of lexical retrieval.Methods: We collected neuropsychological testing, volumetric MRI, and diffusion ...
John P. Powers, Corey T. McMillan, Caroline C. Brun, Paul A. Yushkevich, Hui eZhang, James C. Gee, Murray eGrossman   +6 more
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The Landscape Montage Technique for diagnosing frontotemporal dementia starting as primary progressive aphasia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2020
Background The Landscape Montage Technique was originally developed by Hisao Nakai, a Japanese psychiatrist, to pursue the possibility and application of a psychotherapeutic approach using drawing for patients with schizophrenia.
Masahiko Takaya, Kazunari Ishii, Isao Kubota, Osamu Shirakawa   +3 more
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Speech disorders in primary progressive aphasia (PPA)

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022
Introduction : Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a group of neurodegenerative disorders whose main feature is speech and language dysfunction. There are three main forms of PPA - non-fluent variant - agrammatic (nfvPPA), semantic variant (svPPA) and ...
Katarzyna Mielniczek, Marta Lipiec, Diana Dołomisiewicz , Katarzyna Jóźwik, Aleksandra Kowalska   +4 more
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Clinical Correlates of Alzheimer's Disease Cerebrospinal Fluid Analytes in Primary Progressive Aphasia

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
Background: While primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) pathology due to tau or TDP, clinical-pathological studies also demonstrate many cases have Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology.
Catherine Norise, Molly Ungrady, Amy Halpin, Charles Jester, Corey T. McMillan, David J. Irwin, Katheryn A. Cousins, Murray Grossman   +7 more
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Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of nonfluent primary progressive aphasia: a case report [PDF]

Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 2023
Primary progressive aphasia comprises a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by progressive speech and language dysfunction. Neuroimaging (structural and functional), biomarkers, and neuropsychological assessments allow for early diagnosis ...
Natália Maria Lins Martins, Tathiana Baczynski, Larissa Sena, Romário de Macedo Espíndola, Natia Horato, Antonio Egidio Nardi, Valeska Marinho   +6 more
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Difficulties of clinical diagnosis in primary progressive aphasia. Clinical observation

Анналы клинической и экспериментальной неврологии, 2019
Primary progressive aphasia is a syndrome characterized by progressive speech dysfunction. There are three types of this condition. The first agrammatic type of primary progressive aphasia is typical for frontotemporal dementia and characterized by ...
Yevgeniy P. Barantsevich, Yuri P. Koval’chuk, Yekaterina V. Mel’nik, Vladimir S. Emanuel’, Yulia V. Emanuel’   +4 more
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Non-primary progressive language impairment in neurodegenerative conditions: protocol for a scoping review

Systematic Reviews, 2021
Background Progressive language difficulties arise in many neurodegenerative conditions, causing significant impact upon patients and families. This occurs most obviously in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) but can also occur within other forms of ...
Sharon A. Savage, Aida Suárez-González, Alice Cassani, Ragaviveka Gopalan, Joshua Stott   +4 more
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The ‘Better Conversations with Primary Progressive Aphasia (BCPPA)’ program for people with PPA (Primary Progressive Aphasia): protocol for a randomised controlled pilot study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2018
Background Primary progressive aphasia is a language-led dementia, often associated with frontotemporal dementia. It presents as insidious deterioration of language skills (e.g.
Anna Volkmer, Aimee Spector, Jason D Warren, Suzanne Beeke   +3 more
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Investigating Verbal Repetition in Persian-Speaking Patients with the Semantic Variant of Primary Progressive Aphasia Compared to Healthy Individuals

Journal of Modern Rehabilitation, 2023
Introduction: Language deficit is regarded as one of the most important hallmarks of primary progressive aphasia. This study aims to analyze the nature of verbal repetition ability in a group of patients suffering from the semantic variant of primary ...
Omid Azad
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Primary progressive aphasia: analisys of 16 cases [PDF]

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2001
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, Mirna Lie Hosogi Senaha, Letícia Lessa Mansur, Ricardo Nitrini, Valéria Santoro Bahia, Maria Teresa Carthery, Flávia Nóbrega Freire Aires, Sandra Christina Mathias, Paulo Caramelli   +8 more
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