Diseases

Broca Aphasia

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).

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Abstract

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).

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46 entry terms
  • Agrammatic Broca Aphasia
  • Agrammatic Broca's Aphasia
  • Agrammatism
  • Aphasia, Broca
  • Aphasia, Frontocortical
  • Aphasia, Motor
  • Aphasia, Nonfluent
  • Dysphasia, Broca
  • Dysphasia, Broca's
  • Verbal Aphasia Syndrome
  • Agrammatic Broca Aphasias
  • Agrammatic Broca's Aphasias
  • Agrammatic Brocas Aphasia
  • Aphasia Syndrome, Verbal
  • Aphasia Syndromes, Verbal
  • Aphasia, Agrammatic Broca
  • Aphasia, Agrammatic Broca's
  • Aphasias, Agrammatic Broca
  • Aphasias, Agrammatic Broca's
  • Aphasias, Broca
  • Aphasias, Frontocortical
  • Broca Aphasia, Agrammatic
  • Broca Aphasias
  • Broca Aphasias, Agrammatic
  • Broca Dysphasia
  • Broca's Aphasia, Agrammatic
  • Broca's Aphasias, Agrammatic
  • Broca's Dysphasia
  • Dysphasia, Brocas
  • Frontocortical Aphasia
  • Frontocortical Aphasias
  • Motor Aphasia
  • Nonfluent Aphasia
  • Syndrome, Verbal Aphasia
  • Syndromes, Verbal Aphasia
  • Verbal Aphasia Syndromes
  • Aphasia, Anterior
  • Aphasia, Ataxic
  • Aphasia, Expressive
  • Anterior Aphasia
  • Anterior Aphasias
  • Aphasias, Anterior
  • Aphasias, Ataxic
  • Ataxic Aphasia
  • Ataxic Aphasias
  • Expressive Aphasia

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with APHASIA, WERNICKE

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History Note

1991(1980)

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Previous Indexing

  • Aphasia (1966-1979)

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  1. C10w.597.606.150w.500w.800w.100w.100w
  2. C23.888w.592.604.150w.500w.800w.100w.100w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Broca Aphasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001039. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001039
  2. Broca Aphasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expressive_aphasia
  3. Broca Aphasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q923164