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... > Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Signs and Symptoms > Neurologic Manifestations > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Communication Disorders > Language Disorders > Speech Disorders > Aphasia > Aphasia, Wernicke
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... > Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Neurobehavioral Manifestations > Communication Disorders > Language Disorders > Speech Disorders > Aphasia > Aphasia, Wernicke
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Aphasia, Wernicke  

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Entry terms

  • Aphasias, Wernicke
  • Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent
  • Dysphasia, Wernicke
  • Dysphasia, Wernicke's
  • Dysphasia, Wernickes
  • Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke
  • Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's
  • Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes
  • Wernicke Aphasia
  • Wernicke Aphasias
  • Wernicke Dysphasia
  • Wernicke's Dysphasia
  • Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia

Note

  • do not confuse with APHASIA, BROCA where subject understands language but cannot express it

Scope note

  • Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)

History note

  • 1991(1980)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001041

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