Advances in Primary Progressive Aphasia

• Other Authors: Matias-Guiu, Jordi A. (Editor), Laforce, Robert Jr (Editor), Utianski, Rene L. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; primary progressive aphasia; informativeness; speech production; assessment; diagnosis; cognitive approach; dementia; frontotemporal dementia; Alzheimer's disease; neuropsychology; span; sentence repetition; working memory; phonological; visuospatial; natural history; mortality; survival; memory clinic; graphical markers; graphical parameters; writing pressure; differential diagnosis; longitudinal assessment; cognitive changes; behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; level of functioning; electroencephalography; resting-state; biomarkers machine learning; K-Nearest Neighbors; graph theory; treatment; speech and language therapy; intervention; cognitive rehabilitation; bilingualism; semantic dementia; semantic variant primary progressive aphasia; word finding; language therapy; behavioural therapy; electroencephalography (EEG); network analysis; progressive apraxia of speech; n/a
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Primary progressive aphasia is a clinical syndrome that includes a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by progressive language impairment. Our knowledge about this disorder has evolved significantly in recent years. Notably, correlations between clinical findings and pathology have im...