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Types of Dementia - Primary Progressive Aphasia

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The Northwestern University defines Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) as a form of dementia that can occur in individuals under the age of 65, sometimes as early as in the 40’s. "Aphasia" is a deficit in the capacity to use language for communication and it is evident in speaking, understanding what others are saying, naming common objects, reading and writing. PPA begins very gradually and is initially experienced as difficulty thinking of common words while speaking or writing. However, there are individual differences and the first symptoms can involve any aspect of language functioning.

PPA is one form of dementia in which a person’s language functions deteriorate, initially without a decline in memory, personality, or other mental functions.

 

Semantic dementia is another name for fluent Progressive Aphasia.

 

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© 2003 by Lisa Radin and Gary Radin

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Association of Frontotemporal Dementia (Website)

General Information
General Information for Semantic Dementia

Pick's Disease Support Group (Website)

Fact Sheet for PPA

University of California, San Francisco (Website)
Family Caregiver Alliance (Website)

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National Institutes of Health (Website)

 

 

Other Internet Articles



One form of aphasia is called Progressive Fluent Aphasia also known as Semantic Dementia.

Another form of aphasia is called Progressive Nonfluent Aphasia.

Dysarthria sometimes call speech apraxia

National Aphasia Association

www.aphasia.org

Diagnosing PPA

http://www.aphasia.org/newsletter/Fall2002/DiagnosingPPA.html

News Archive

http://www.aphasia.org/oldnews.php

From the Mayo Clinic

www.mayoclinic.org/primary-progressive-aphasia/index.html

Diagnosis Information

The Northwestern University has a PPA program.

http://www.brain.northwestern.edu/ppa/index.html

www.brain.northwestern.edu/ppa/ppa.html

Alzheimer Europe offers this web page about "Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) "

http://www.alzheimer-europe.org/?content=showarticle&lm4=4F1562710810

This site also has a web page for Semantic Dementia

+11/14/06

Oregon Health & Science University has this website about PPA

+11/16/06

Discovery Will Help Fight Word-Finding Disease

+11/19/07 (Peter)

Genetic Cause For Word-Finding Disease Found By Researchers

+11/19/07 (Patty H.)[D1012]



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