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Preferred term

Aphasia, Broca  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Agrammatic Broca Aphasia
  • Agrammatic Broca Aphasias
  • Agrammatic Broca's Aphasia
  • Agrammatic Brocas Aphasia
  • Agrammatic Broca's Aphasias
  • Agrammatism
  • Aphasia, Agrammatic Broca
  • Aphasia, Agrammatic Broca's
  • Aphasia, Frontocortical
  • Aphasia, Motor
  • Aphasia, Nonfluent
  • Aphasias, Agrammatic Broca
  • Aphasias, Agrammatic Broca's
  • Aphasias, Broca
  • Aphasias, Frontocortical
  • Aphasia Syndromes, Verbal
  • Aphasia Syndrome, Verbal
  • Broca Aphasia
  • Broca Aphasia, Agrammatic
  • Broca Aphasias
  • Broca Aphasias, Agrammatic
  • Broca Dysphasia
  • Broca's Aphasia, Agrammatic
  • Broca's Aphasias, Agrammatic
  • Broca's Dysphasia
  • Dysphasia, Broca
  • Dysphasia, Broca's
  • Dysphasia, Brocas
  • Frontocortical Aphasia
  • Frontocortical Aphasias
  • Motor Aphasia
  • Nonfluent Aphasia
  • Syndromes, Verbal Aphasia
  • Syndrome, Verbal Aphasia
  • Verbal Aphasia Syndrome
  • Verbal Aphasia Syndromes

Note

  • do not confuse with APHASIA, WERNICKE

Scope note

  • An aphasia characterized by impairment of expressive LANGUAGE (speech, writing, signs) and relative preservation of receptive language abilities (i.e., comprehension). This condition is caused by lesions of the motor association cortex in the FRONTAL LOBE (BROCA AREA and adjacent cortical and white matter regions).

History note

  • 1991(1980)

In other languages

  • motorinen afasia

    Finnish

  • aphasia expressiva
  • aphasia motoria
  • aphasia motorica
  • Broca
  • Brocan afasia
  • Brocan puhehäriö
  • ekspressiivinen afasia
  • motorinen puhehäiriö
  • nonfluentti afasia
  • Brocas afasi

    Swedish

  • Afasi, Broca
  • Expressiv afasi
  • Motorisk afasi

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001039

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