First Symptoms of Primary Progressive Aphasia and Alzheimer's Disease in Brazilian Individuals.

ABSTRACT: Background: Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) is characterized by progressive language impairment due to focal degeneration of brain areas related to linguistic processing. The detection and differential diagnosis of PPA can be difficult with clinical features that may overlap with features of other neurological conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). The scientific production on PPA in Latin American patients is still scarce. This study investigated the first symptoms in a Brazilian sample of patients with PPA in comparison with AD patients. Method: We compared the first symptoms reported by caregivers of people with PPA (n = 20; semantic variant n = 8, non-fluent variant n = 7, logopenic variant n = 3, and unclassified cases n = 2) a

SUBMITTER: Dos Reis TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8226014 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature