Semantic dementia

Orpha code: 100069OMIM code: 600274

Definition

Semantic dementia (SD) is a form of frontotemporal dementia (FTD; see this term), characterized by the progressive, amodal and profound loss of semantic knowledge (combination of visual associative agnosia, anomia, surface dyslexia or dysgraphia and disrupted comprehension of word meaning) and behavioral abnormalities, attributable to the degeneration of the anterior temporal lobes.

Disease data
Classification

Disease

Synonyms
Semantic primary progressive aphasia
Semantyczna pierwotna postępująca afazja
Semantyczny wariant PPA
Semantic variant PPA
ORPHA code
100069
OMIM code
600274
ICD10 code
G31.0
ICD11 code
-

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