Postencephalitic pure anemic aphasia: 2-year follow-up

Citation
B. Okuda et al., Postencephalitic pure anemic aphasia: 2-year follow-up, J NEUR SCI, 187(1-2), 2001, pp. 99-102
Citations number
14
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
0022-510X → ACNP
Volume
187
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
99 - 102
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-510X(20010615)187:1-2<99:PPAA2F>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report a patient with pure anemic aphasia following encephalitis. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed bilateral temporal lesions, and s ubsequent focal atrophy in the left anterior inferior temporal lobe. Over t he course of a 2-year follow-up, the patient's naming difficulty persisted without other dysfunction of language or memory. These observations indicat e a contribution of the left anterior inferior temporal region to object na ming. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights: reserved.