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Receptive aphasia

MedGen UID:
141566
•Concept ID:
C0454578
•
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Synonyms: Aphasia, Fluent; Aphasia, Psychosensory; Aphasia, Receptive; Aphasia, Sensory; Aphasias, Psychosensory; Dysphasia, Fluent; Dysphasia, Receptive; Dysphasia, Sensory; Dysphasias, Fluent; Dysphasias, Receptive; Dysphasias, Sensory; Fluent Aphasia; Fluent Dysphasia; Fluent Dysphasias; Psychosensory Aphasia; Psychosensory Aphasias; Receptive Aphasia; Receptive Dysphasia; Receptive Dysphasias; Sensory Aphasia; Sensory Dysphasia; Sensory Dysphasias
SNOMED CT: Fluent aphasia (69206000); Wernicke's dysphasia (229664007); Jargon dysphasia (229664007); Posterior dysphasia (229664007); Wernicke's aphasia (229664007); Receptive dysphasia (229664007); Fluent dysphasia (69206000)
 
HPO: HP:0033848

Definition

A type of aphasia that is characterized by impaired language comprehension. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVReceptive aphasia

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Evaluation and management of the child with speech delay.
Leung AK, Kao CP
Am Fam Physician 1999 Jun;59(11):3121-8, 3135. PMID: 10392594

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia test for the detection of language impairment in patients with severe brain injury.
Aubinet C, Chatelle C, Gillet S, Lejeune N, Thunus M, Hennen N, Cassol H, Laureys S, Majerus S
Brain Inj 2021 May 12;35(6):705-717. Epub 2021 Mar 7 doi: 10.1080/02699052.2021.1894482. PMID: 33678094
Advanced morphological neuroimaging study in lateral temporal lobe epilepsy: A multicentric study.
Vasta R, Sarica A, Bisulli F, Di Gennaro G, D'Aniello A, Difrancesco JC, Canafoglia L, Casazza M, Franceschetti S, Stipa C, Tinuper P, Mumoli L, Gambardella A, Labate A
Epilepsy Behav 2017 Sep;74:69-72. Epub 2017 Jul 17 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.06.017. PMID: 28728046
Three- and four-dimensional mapping of speech and language in patients with epilepsy.
Nakai Y, Jeong JW, Brown EC, Rothermel R, Kojima K, Kambara T, Shah A, Mittal S, Sood S, Asano E
Brain 2017 May 1;140(5):1351-1370. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx051. PMID: 28334963Free PMC Article
Stroke aphasia: 1,500 consecutive cases.
Croquelois A, Bogousslavsky J
Cerebrovasc Dis 2011;31(4):392-9. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1159/000323217. PMID: 21346340
The assessment of auditory function in CSWS: lessons from long-term outcome.
Metz-Lutz MN
Epilepsia 2009 Aug;50 Suppl 7:73-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02225.x. PMID: 19682057

Diagnosis

Language Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness.
Aubinet C, Schnakers C, Majerus S
Semin Neurol 2022 Jun;42(3):273-282. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1755561. PMID: 36100226
Rasmussen's encephalitis.
Dawodu CO, Akinbo DD
Niger J Clin Pract 2013 Jan-Mar;16(1):113-5. doi: 10.4103/1119-3077.106780. PMID: 23377484
Stroke aphasia: 1,500 consecutive cases.
Croquelois A, Bogousslavsky J
Cerebrovasc Dis 2011;31(4):392-9. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1159/000323217. PMID: 21346340
Conceptualizing functional cognition in stroke.
Donovan NJ, Kendall DL, Heaton SC, Kwon S, Velozo CA, Duncan PW
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):122-35. Epub 2007 Aug 30 doi: 10.1177/1545968307306239. PMID: 17761809
Evaluation and management of the child with speech delay.
Leung AK, Kao CP
Am Fam Physician 1999 Jun;59(11):3121-8, 3135. PMID: 10392594

Therapy

Neurofibromatosis 1-associated panhypopituitarism presenting as hypoglycaemic seizures and stroke-like symptoms.
Waheed W, Nathan MH, Allen GB, Borden NM, Babi MA, Tandan R
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Nov 3;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210816. PMID: 26531733Free PMC Article
Conceptualizing functional cognition in stroke.
Donovan NJ, Kendall DL, Heaton SC, Kwon S, Velozo CA, Duncan PW
Neurorehabil Neural Repair 2008 Mar-Apr;22(2):122-35. Epub 2007 Aug 30 doi: 10.1177/1545968307306239. PMID: 17761809
Spectral and temporal degradation of speech as a simulation of morphosyntactic deficits in English and German.
Dick F, Bates E, Ferstl EC
Brain Lang 2003 Jun;85(3):535-42. doi: 10.1016/s0093-934x(03)00093-2. PMID: 12744964
Epileptic aphasia: a consequence of regional hypometabolic encephalopathy?
O'Regan ME, Brown JK, Goodwin GM, Clarke M
Dev Med Child Neurol 1998 Aug;40(8):508-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb15408.x. PMID: 9746002

Prognosis

Language Assessment in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness.
Aubinet C, Schnakers C, Majerus S
Semin Neurol 2022 Jun;42(3):273-282. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1755561. PMID: 36100226
The memory for words: Armand Trousseau on aphasia.
Leblanc R
J Hist Neurosci 2022 Jan-Mar;31(1):1-19. Epub 2021 Jun 11 doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2021.1898909. PMID: 34115961
GABA(B)R-Mediated Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis Due To Thymic Small Cell Carcinoma.
Bordin-Wosk T, Patel SP, Horman SF
J Gen Intern Med 2019 Aug;34(8):1658-1661. Epub 2019 May 6 doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05040-4. PMID: 31062226Free PMC Article
Three- and four-dimensional mapping of speech and language in patients with epilepsy.
Nakai Y, Jeong JW, Brown EC, Rothermel R, Kojima K, Kambara T, Shah A, Mittal S, Sood S, Asano E
Brain 2017 May 1;140(5):1351-1370. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx051. PMID: 28334963Free PMC Article
Type of aphasia: relationship to age, sex, previous risk factors, and outcome of rehabilitation.
Steinvil Y, Ring H, Luz Y, Schechter I, Solzi P
Scand J Rehabil Med Suppl 1985;12:68-71. PMID: 3868054

Clinical prediction guides

The memory for words: Armand Trousseau on aphasia.
Leblanc R
J Hist Neurosci 2022 Jan-Mar;31(1):1-19. Epub 2021 Jun 11 doi: 10.1080/0964704X.2021.1898909. PMID: 34115961
The Brief Evaluation of Receptive Aphasia test for the detection of language impairment in patients with severe brain injury.
Aubinet C, Chatelle C, Gillet S, Lejeune N, Thunus M, Hennen N, Cassol H, Laureys S, Majerus S
Brain Inj 2021 May 12;35(6):705-717. Epub 2021 Mar 7 doi: 10.1080/02699052.2021.1894482. PMID: 33678094
Three- and four-dimensional mapping of speech and language in patients with epilepsy.
Nakai Y, Jeong JW, Brown EC, Rothermel R, Kojima K, Kambara T, Shah A, Mittal S, Sood S, Asano E
Brain 2017 May 1;140(5):1351-1370. doi: 10.1093/brain/awx051. PMID: 28334963Free PMC Article
Stroke aphasia: 1,500 consecutive cases.
Croquelois A, Bogousslavsky J
Cerebrovasc Dis 2011;31(4):392-9. Epub 2011 Feb 22 doi: 10.1159/000323217. PMID: 21346340
Spectral and temporal degradation of speech as a simulation of morphosyntactic deficits in English and German.
Dick F, Bates E, Ferstl EC
Brain Lang 2003 Jun;85(3):535-42. doi: 10.1016/s0093-934x(03)00093-2. PMID: 12744964

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