title: An early description of slowly progressive aphasia.
abstract: Slowly progressive aphasia without generalized dementia has become an important issue of present-day neuropsychological research. Historically, credit for the first description is usually given to Pick. Another German-speaking author who has published a vivid description of a pertinent cases is Pick's contemporary, Max Rosenfeld. This author has also observed a patient with slowly progressive spatial disorientation and visual recognition deficit, and he has discussed these patients in a remarkably modern way in the context of partial atrophy of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Klinikum Rheinisch-Westfälischen Technischen Hochschule, Aachen, West Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luzzatti
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Poeck
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology; D049673:History, 20th Century