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Progressive phonagnosia in a telephone operator carrying a C9orf72 expansion.
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior - 1 Nov 2020
Didic Mira, Aglieri Virginia, Tramoni-Nègre Eve, Ronat Lucas, Le Ber Isabelle, Ceccaldi Mathieu, Belin Pascal, Felician Olivier
Abstract excerpt
Selectivity is the rule, rather than the exception, in neurodegenerative disease. A retired telephone operator carrying a C9orf72 expansion developed phonagnosia, a selective impairment of voice recognition, contrasting with intact person knowledge and recognition of faces, as a presenting sign of genetically confirmed fronto-temporal dementia. Since the dysfunction in this patient fell into his area of...
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