Article
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis with primary progressive aphasia: a case report and literature review.
Neuro endocrinology letters - 29 Dec 2022
Zhang Anni, Xu Hongbei, Huang Jing, Guo Shipeng, Tian Tian, Lei Xiaoyang, He Dian
Abstract excerpt
The association between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is rarely seen in patients. A case of ALS-PPA with a possible reticulon 2 (RTN2) mutation was reported in this study. Moreover, we systematically reviewed the previous reports of 28 ALS cases with progressive non-fluent aphasia (PNFA) and semantic dementia (SD) to identified the unique pathologic features and strong...
Topics
- Male
- Female
- Humans
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- C9orf72 Protein
- Frontotemporal Dementia
- Mutation
- Aphasia, Primary Progressive
