disease 1,214 words KG: ent-dise-bd820348 2026-03-21
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Logopenic Aphasia

Disease Info
Speech RateSlow, hesitant speech with frequent pauses
PhonologyGenerally preserved, though sound errors may occur under stress
ComprehensionRelatively preserved for single words and simple sentences
NamingSevere anomia, particularly for low-frequency words
Reading/WritingSimilar patterns to spoken language, with impaired naming and reading comprehension
Inferior Parietal Lobule (IPL)Involved in semantic and phonological aspects of language
Angular GyrusIntegrates sensory information and supports lexical-semantic processing
Posterior Temporal-Parietal JunctionCritical for sentence-level processing and repetition
CSF BiomarkersReduced amyloid-beta 42, elevated tau and phosphorylated tau
PET ImagingPositive amyloid PET scans in most cases
Structural MRICharacteristic pattern of left posterior temporal-parietal atrophy
DatabasesOMIMOrphanetClinicalTrialsPubMed

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