RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pure progressive aphemia.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 923
OP 924
DO 10.1136/jnnp.56.8.923
VO 56
IS 8
A1 Cohen, L
A1 Benoit, N
A1 Van Eeckhout, P
A1 Ducarne, B
A1 Brunet, P
YR 1993
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/56/8/923.abstract
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.