Clinical Presentation And Diagnosis Of Primary Progressive Aphasia Mnemonic

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Here is a quick mnemonic “LANGUAGE IN PPA’S“ to remember about Clinical Presentation And Diagnosis Of Primary Progressive Aphasia

This can be valuable for patients as well as medical doctors, nurses & students doing their clinical rounds. You can also find it very useful for med exams like USMLE, MBBS, NEET PG, FMGE, NExT, MCAT & NCLEX exams

Clinical Presentation And Diagnosis Of Primary Progressive Aphasia : How To Remember Easily ?

  • L – Layer-specific deficits
  • A – Ancillary component in neurodegenerative syndromes
  • N – Neurodegenerative diseases have an insidious onset
  • G – Gray matter and cell type selectivity
  • U – Unique clinico-anatomic patterns
  • A – Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementias can include language impairments
  • G – Greatest deficits at the onset in aphasias caused by CVAs
  • E – Isolation and primary concern for 1-2 years in primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
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  • I – Identical syndrome in Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD) with rapid progression
  • N – Neurodegenerative diseases have relentless progression
  • P – Patterns of language impairments differ in PPA from CVA-caused aphasias
  • P – PPA can be caused by either FTLD or Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology
  • A – Aphasia as the primary symptom in PPA
  • S – Subtypes of PPA can be recognized

Mnemonic : LANGUAGE IN PPA’S

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