Logopenic progressive aphasia 2671354 185764933 2008-01-21T01:56:22Z PbBot 4534303 re-categorisation per [[WP:CFD|CFD]] , replaced: Category:Aphasia → Category:Aphasias using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] '''Logopenic progressive aphasia''' (LPA) is a form of [[primary progressive aphasia]] characterized by slow speech and impaired syntactic comprehension and naming. It is similar to [[Wernicke's aphasia]] and is associated with atrophy to the left posterior [[temporal lobe|temporal cortex]] and inferior [[parietal lobe|parietal lobule]]. It is suspected that an atypical form of [[Alzheimer's disease]] is the most common cause of logopenic progressive aphasia. ==References== *Gorno-Tempini ML, Dronkers NF, Rankin KP, Ogar JM, Phengrasamy L, Rosen HJ, Johnson JK, Weiner MW, Miller BL. (2004) "Cognition and anatomy in three variants of primary progressive aphasia." ''Ann Neurol.'' '''55'''(3):335-46. [[Category:Aphasias]] [[Category:Cognitive disorders]] {{med-stub}}