Pure progressive aphemia.

Cohen, L; Benoit, N; Van Eeckhout, P; Ducarne, B; Brunet, P · J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry · 1993

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.

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