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