loading...| Preferred Name | primary progressive aphasia | |
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Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a type of dementia characterized most prominently by an insidious and progressive disorder of language and speech abilities. *** TO DO *** Revise definition. Also see: http://www.brain.northwestern.edu/ppa/ Confirm that this is a disease and not just a syndrome. Synonym(s): Pick's Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia, Dementia - Semantic consider merging terms source for it:http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/picks/picks.htm |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ND_0000157 |
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*** TO DO *** Revise definition. Also see: http://www.brain.northwestern.edu/ppa/ Confirm that this is a disease and not just a syndrome. Synonym(s): Pick's Disease, Primary Progressive Aphasia, Semantic Dementia, Dementia - Semantic consider merging terms source for it:http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/picks/picks.htm |
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PPA |
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Alexander P. Cox |
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primary progressive aphasia |
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ND:0000157 |
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primary progressive aphasia |
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Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a type of dementia characterized most prominently by an insidious and progressive disorder of language and speech abilities. |
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