Diseases

Echolalia

Involuntary (parrot-like), meaningless repetition of a recently heard word, phrase, or song. This condition may be associated with transcortical APHASIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; or other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p485)

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Involuntary (parrot-like), meaningless repetition of a recently heard word, phrase, or song. This condition may be associated with transcortical APHASIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; or other disorders. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p485)

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  • Echo Reaction
  • Echo Speech
  • Echophrasia
  • Reaction, Echo
  • Reactions, Echo
  • Speech, Echo

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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1969(1964)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Echolalia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004454. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004454
  2. Echolalia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia
  3. Echolalia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q937353