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Aphasia, Types of aphasia include: Expressive aphasia (Broca aphasia) Expressive or Broca aphasia is caused by damage to a part of the brain called...
In particular, dysphasia and aphasia are used interchangeably, with aphasia in more common use. Dysphasia can be receptive or expressive.
Synonyms: acquired epileptic aphasia What is Landau-Kleffner syndrome? Landau-Kleffner syndrome, formerly known as acquired epileptic aphasia, is a rare syndrome that typically prese...
However, in Gerstmann's syndrome in particular, the result is characterised by four components: Agraphia or dysgraphia Acalculia or dyscalculia Finger agnosia Left-right disorientat...
There can be emotional lability, aphasia with impaired ability to comprehend speech or writing and hemiplegia. Female carriers may have haemolytic anaemia.
It is frequently associated with aphasia where patients will exhibit a type of dyslexia in keeping with their form of aphasia - eg, fluent aphasics will have difficulties understandi...
Differential diagnosis Alzheimer's disease Apraxia Aphasia Depression Investigations Check B12 levels, thyroid function, serology for syphilis and ant...
Dementia and aphasia may occur. Tremors, weakness, spasticity and gait abnormalities may also be present.
A wide variety of neurological abnormalities may occur, including aphasia, memory disturbances, irritability, confusion, disorientation, and behavioural disturbances.
Meningitis and meningoencephalitis Headache Confusion Altered mental status Coma Seizures Neurological signs include diplopia , ataxia and aphasia Pulmonary ...
Confusion, headache, paresis, aphasia, dysarthria, visual problems, encephalopathy, coma. Fever, pallor, jaundice (haemolytic anaemia), fatigue, arthralgia, myalgia.
It showed that there was mixed evidence for SLT interventions in children with expressive syntax difficulties and that more research was needed concerning interventions for those with receptive langua...
Therefore, most symptoms are related to arterial stenosis and occlusion leading to temporary or persistent hypoperfusion or cerebral ischaemia with brain infarction, causing focal neurological signs s...
Make sure that all written information (including that relating to medical conditions and treatment) is adapted for people with aphasia after stroke. Offer training in communication skills...
Progressive non-fluent aphasia. Semantic dementia. Behavioural variant FTD This is the most common clinical syndrome accounting for around one half to two thirds of cases.
Other focal neurological deficits include aphasia, visual field defects, numbness and ataxia. Always remember patients with EDH seen in casualty may also have a traumatic cervical spine i...
Possible neurological signs include hemiparesis, weakness of the lower limbs, sometimes bilaterally, aphasia, ataxia, chorea and hemianopia. Specific cranial nerve lesions can include vest...
Differential diagnosis [ 9 ] Alzheimer's disease . Aphasia. Apraxia and related syndromes. Confusional states and acute memory disorders. Cortical basal ganglionic d...
Amyloid angiopathy. Aphasia. Apraxia and related syndromes. Arteriovenous malformations. Cerebral aneurysms.
Typical symptoms are contralateral weakness or sensory disturbance, ipsilateral loss of vision, and (if the dominant hemisphere is involved) dysphasia, aphasia or speech apraxia. Cognitive...