Preferred Name

Wernicke`s aphasia
Synonyms
ID

http://www.ustb.edu.cn/thesauri/tocr/v1/data#C571346083343495266

altLabel

Jargon dysphasia

Wernicke's dysphasia

Receptive dysphasia

Wernicke's aphasia

Receptive aphasia

Receptive dysphasia (disorder)

Posterior dysphasia

Wernicke-type aphasia

definition

This is characterized by fluent, paraphasic speech with impaired comprehension, repetition, and naming. Neologistic jargon output is distinctive and occurs in severe Wernicke’s aphasia, associated with lesions of both the superior temporal and inferior parietal regions.

label

Wernicke`s aphasia

oboInOwl:hasDbXref

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/330656002

prefLabel

Wernicke`s aphasia

references

Bogousslavsky, J., & Caplan, L. R. (2001). Stroke syndromes. Cambridge University Press.

subClassOf

http://www.ustb.edu.cn/thesauri/tocr/v1/data#C571346083343495341

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