Speech and language markers of neurodegeneration: a call for global equity

AM García, J de Leon, BL Tee, DE Blasi… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the field of neurodegeneration, speech and language assessments are useful for
diagnosing aphasic syndromes and for characterizing other disorders. As a complement to …

Characterization of the logopenic variant of primary progressive aphasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Conca, V Esposito, G Giusto, SF Cappa… - Ageing Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The linguistic and anatomical variability of the logopenic variant of Primary Progressive
Aphasia (lv-PPA) as defined by current diagnostic criteria has been the topic of an intense …

Intravenous iron therapy improves the hypercapnic ventilatory response and sleep disordered breathing in chronic heart failure

S Caravita, A Faini, C Vignati, S Pelucchi… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Intravenous iron therapy can improve symptoms in patients with heart failure, anaemia
and iron deficiency. The mechanisms underlying such an improvement might involve …

[HTML][HTML] Primary progressive aphasia: six questions in search of an answer

CRS Belder, CR Marshall, J Jiang, S Mazzeo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Here, we review recent progress in the diagnosis and management of primary progressive
aphasia—the language-led dementias. We pose six key unanswered questions that …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity and overlap in the continuum of linguistic profile of logopenic and semantic variants of primary progressive aphasia: a Profile Analysis based …

GC Santi, F Conca, V Esposito, C Polito… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2024 - Springer
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) diagnostic criteria underestimate the
complex presentation of semantic (sv) and logopenic (lv) variants, in which symptoms …

Comparative accuracy of Mini-Linguistic State Examination, Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination, and Depistage Cognitif de Quebec for the diagnosis of primary …

L Fernández-Romero… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Clinical diagnosis in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is challenging.
Recently, emphasis has been placed on the importance of screening evaluation. Three …

Prevalence and determinants of language impairment in non‐demented amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

F Solca, EN Aiello, S Torre, L Carelli… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose This study aimed at estimating the prevalence of language
impairment (LI) in a large, clinic‐based cohort of non‐demented amyotrophic lateral …

Symptom‐based staging for logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia

CJD Hardy, C Taylor‐Rubin, B Taylor… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is a major
variant presentation of Alzheimer's disease (AD) that signals the importance of …

Bilingual Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Scoping Review of Assessment and Treatment Practices

SM Grasso, CA Wagner Rodríguez… - Journal of …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome
characterized by speech and/or language impairment with relatively spared cognition …

[HTML][HTML] How Many Alzheimer–Perusini's Atypical Forms Do We Still Have to Discover?

L Donato, D Mordà, C Scimone, S Alibrandi… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer–Perusini's (AD) disease represents the most spread dementia around the world
and constitutes a serious problem for public health. It was first described by the two …