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Primary Progressive Aphasia: Sharpening the Focus on a Clinical Syndrome

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Heterogeneity of Alzheimer’s Disease

Part of the book series: Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer’s Disease ((ALZHEIMER))

Abstract

“Dementia” is a generic term that refers to all conditions which cause the gradual dissolution of cognition, comportment and daily living activities. Not all mental functions are equally affected in individual patients, especially during the first several years of the disease process. The relative degrees of sparing and involvement across specific domains such as attention, memory, language, and comportment lead to the establishment of neuropsychological profiles in dementing diseases.

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  1. INSERM U324, 2ter rue de Alesia, F-75015, Paris, France

    Francois Boller

  2. Hopital Broca, 54 rue Pascal, F-75013, Paris, France

    F. Forette

  3. National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA

    Z. S. Khachaturian

  4. Clinique de Neurologie, CHU La Timone, Bd Jean Moulin, F-13385, Marseille Cedex 05, France

    Michel Poncet

  5. Fondation Ipsen pour La Recherche Therapeutique, 30, rue Cambronne, F-75737, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Yves Christen PH. D.

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Mesulam, MM., Weintraub, S. (1992). Primary Progressive Aphasia: Sharpening the Focus on a Clinical Syndrome. In: Boller, F., Forette, F., Khachaturian, Z.S., Poncet, M., Christen, Y. (eds) Heterogeneity of Alzheimer’s Disease. Research and Perspectives in Alzheimer’s Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-46776-9_6

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