title: Pure progressive aphemia.
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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benoit
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Eeckhout
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ducarne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brunet
mesh_terms: D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests