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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Aphasia, Broca
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Afasia de Broca
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Afasia de Broca
Synonyms
English
:
Agrammatism
Aphasia, Motor
Aphasia, Nonfluent
Broca Aphasia
Dysphasia, Broca
Tree Number:
C10.597.606.150.500.800.100.100
C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100.100
Definition
English
:
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).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
APHASIA
, WERNICKE
History Note
English
:
1991(1980)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VI
virology
Record Number:
1045
Unique Identifier:
D001039
Occurrence in VHL
:
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