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Anarthria is the specific feature for Broca’s aphasia. Alajouanine et al. have suggested that it is the result of a triple motor dysfunc-tion: paretic, dystonic and dyspraxic. Motor aphasia is seen with in-farction of the Broca’s area. Such a lesion often extends to the pre-central gyrus. Pure anarthria occures with an infarct limited to this circonvolution and clinically then seems reduced to a nearly pure dystonic form. On the other hand, Luria have described the afferent apraxic motor aphasia, which is the result of infarction of the postcentral gyrus.
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de Smet, Y.D. (1987). Anarthrias with or Without Buccofacial Apraxias: Lesions’ Topography. In: Poeck, K., Hacke, W., Schneider, R. (eds) Neuroimmunologie Spinale Krankheiten Neuropsychologie Metabolische Enzephalopathien Neurologische Notfälle Interventionelle Neuroradiologie. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Neurologie, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83201-7_230
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