Slowly progressive apraxia: two case studies.
Two patients with a slowly progressive and severe motor apraxia are presented. In one case, there was only apraxia; in the other there was moderate memory disturbance and a mild decline of global intellectual ability, suggesting a more widespread cognitive dysfunction. In this second case, recognition of the correct use of objects was also severely impaired, suggesting a disturbance of motor knowledge. In both cases, apraxia was asymmetrical, and associated with a contralateral atrophy of the upper parietal cortex, suggesting a differential involvement of separate action systems for each hand.
Azouvi
P
P
Service de Rééducation Neurologique, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, Garches, France.
Bergego
C
C
Robel
L
L
Marlier
N
N
Durand
I
I
Held
J P
JP
Bussel
B
B
D000368:Aged; D001072:Apraxias / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D001284:Atrophy; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed