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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 

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