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Primary Progressive Aphasia

Symptoms

Early symptoms of primary progressive aphasia include difficulties recalling the names of people and objects, difficulties expressing one's thoughts orally, and sometimes difficulties understanding others. Usually, other areas of thinking such as memory for recent events, attention/concentration, judgment and reasoning abilities, and visuospatial abilities are relatively normal. Some patients tend to say or nod "yes" for "no" and vice versa.

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