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Rethinking anomia across the frontotemporal dementia spectrum: marker of language dysfunction or global cognitive decline?

2026-05-18

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<h4>Background</h4> Anomia is common in frontotemporal dementia (FTD), although its clinical prominence varies by subtype, with the most marked impairment typically observed in primary progressive aphasia (PPA). It remains unclear whether naming impairment reflects language-specific impairment or broader cognitive severity, and how it relates to other cognitive domains across FTD syndromes. <h4>Methods</h4> Fift...

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Literature Corpus work: 087050c8-6c28-5e12-8f11-84a3ddde2c30
DOI: 10.64898/2026.05.14.26353233

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