PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cohen, L
AU  - Benoit, N
AU  - Van Eeckhout, P
AU  - Ducarne, B
AU  - Brunet, P
TI  - Pure progressive aphemia.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.56.8.923
DP  - 1993 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 923--924
VI  - 56
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/56/8/923.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/56/8/923.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1993 Aug 01; 56
AB  - 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.