Alzheimer’s disease (AD): variants classification
Evidence-based neurology checklist on alzheimer’s disease (ad): variants classification: Logopenic aphasia This AD variant is characterised by slow hesitant speech There are frequent and prolonged word-finding pauses Repetition performance is poor There is anomia Progressive dysexecutive syndrome…
Logopenic aphasia
- This AD variant is characterised by slow hesitant speech
- There are frequent and prolonged word-finding pauses
- Repetition performance is poor
- There is anomia
Progressive dysexecutive syndrome
Frontal or behavioural variant Alzheimer’s disease (FvAD)
Other variants
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