Five Different Diseases Attack Language Areas in Brain - SciTechDaily

Each condition causes a different type of language impairment in primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Word comprehension is lost for some patients, others lose grammar Most extensive study to date on PPA Disease is often misdiagnosed in early stages, missing ch…

According to a new Northwestern Medicine study, there are five separate disorders that affect the language centers in the left hemisphere of the brain, progressively causing progressive language diff… [+4772 chars]

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