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Primary progressive aphasia

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a gradually appearing and gradually worsening disorder of speech that occurs without any major change in other cognitive functions for a period of at least two years. more...

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There are three main variants of PPA:

  • Progressive nonfluent aphasia
  • Logopenic progressive aphasia, and
  • Semantic dementia

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