Pure progressive aphemia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Aphemia, also called anarthria or severe apraxia of speech, is a rare disorder of speech production usually resulting from vascular lesions affecting the inferior premotor cortex of the left hemisphere. A patient presenting with aphemia as the sole manifestation of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is reported.
Medical subject headings
- Aphasia, Broca