Primary progressive aphasia: a case report
| Autor: | Rabindra N. Sinnappu, Wen Kwang Lim, Frank S. Hong |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
Male
Aging medicine.medical_specialty Language function Vietnamese Aphasiology Speech Therapy Audiology Speech therapy Primary progressive aphasia Humans Medicine Aged Language Disorders medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Progressive neurodegenerative disorder medicine.disease language.human_language Aphasia Primary Progressive Positron emission tomography Positron-Emission Tomography language Geriatrics and Gerontology business |
| Zdroj: | Age and Ageing. 36:700-702 |
| ISSN: | 1468-2834 0002-0729 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/afm139 |
| Popis: | Primary progressive aphasia is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by deterioration in language function while other higher centre functions are relatively preserved initially. The diagnosis is made based on clinical presentation, linguistic testing and imaging, both functional and structural. Survival is similar to other dementias and the main form of intervention is speech therapy. We describe a case of primary progressive aphasia in a Vietnamese man with corresponding changes on positron emission tomography. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|