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 …

Psychometrics and diagnostics of Italian cognitive screening tests: a systematic review

EN Aiello, S Rimoldi, N Bolognini, I Appollonio… - Neurological …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Cognitive screening tests (CSTs) are crucial to neuropsychological
diagnostics, and thus need to be featured by robust psychometric and diagnostic properties …

Comparing two picture naming tasks in primary progressive aphasia: Insights from behavioural and neural results

C Polito, F Conca, GC Santi, V Esposito, SP Caminiti… - cortex, 2023 - Elsevier
Picture naming tests are widely used to evaluate language impairments in
neurodegenerative diseases, especially in Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). The …

A reliable and rapid language tool for the diagnosis, classification, and follow-up of primary progressive aphasia variants

S Epelbaum, YM Saade, C Flamand Roze… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Primary progressive aphasias (PPA) have been investigated by clinical,
therapeutic, and fundamental research but examiner-consistent language tests for reliable …

A review on music interventions for frontotemporal aphasia and a proposal for alternative treatments

V Spinosa, A Vitulli, G Logroscino, E Brattico - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a rare neurodegenerative disease, characterized by
behavioral and language impairments. Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is the linguistic …

Access, referral, service provision and management of individuals with primary progressive aphasia: A survey of speech‐language therapists in Italy

P Battista, M Piccininni, M Montembeault… - … journal of language …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives In Italy, approximately 650 individuals receive a
diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) every year. Unfortunately, the frequency …

The language profile of progressive supranuclear palsy

E Catricalà, V Boschi, S Cuoco, F Galiano, M Picillo… - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
A progressive speech/language disorder, such as the non fluent/agrammatic variant of
primary progressive aphasia and progressive apraxia of speech, can be due to …

Spanish version of the mini-linguistic state examination for the diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia

JA Matias-Guiu, V Pytel… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
Background: Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome with
three main clinical variants: nonfluent, semantic, and logopenic. Clinical diagnosis and …

Clinical use of SAND battery to evaluate language in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy

M Picillo, S Cuoco, I Carotenuto, F Abate, R Erro… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) patients present language disturbances
in tasks like naming, repetition, reading, word comprehension and semantic association …

The language profile in multiple system atrophy: an exploratory study

S Cuoco, M Picillo, I Carotenuto, R Erro… - Journal of Neural …, 2021 - Springer
Background The evidence about the language performance profile of multiple system
atrophy (MSA) is limited, but its definition may lead to a more comprehensive …