Diseases

Wernicke Aphasia

Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)

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Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)

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  • Aphasia, Wernicke
  • Dysphasia, Wernicke
  • Dysphasia, Wernicke's
  • Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's
  • Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent
  • Aphasias, Wernicke
  • Dysphasia, Wernickes
  • Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke
  • Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes
  • Wernicke Aphasias
  • Wernicke Dysphasia
  • Wernicke's Dysphasia
  • Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia
  • Aphasia, Fluent
  • Aphasia, Jargon
  • Aphasia, Posterior
  • Aphasia, Psychosensory
  • Dysphasia, Fluent
  • Dysphasia, Receptive
  • Dysphasia, Sensory
  • Receptive Aphasia
  • Sensory Aphasia
  • Aphasia, Receptive
  • Aphasia, Sensory
  • Aphasias, Jargon
  • Aphasias, Posterior
  • Aphasias, Psychosensory
  • Dysphasias, Fluent
  • Dysphasias, Receptive
  • Dysphasias, Sensory
  • Fluent Aphasia
  • Fluent Dysphasia
  • Fluent Dysphasias
  • Jargon Aphasia
  • Jargon Aphasias
  • Posterior Aphasia
  • Posterior Aphasias
  • Psychosensory Aphasia
  • Psychosensory Aphasias
  • Receptive Dysphasia
  • Receptive Dysphasias
  • Sensory Dysphasia
  • Sensory Dysphasias

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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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do not confuse with APHASIA, BROCA where subject understands language but cannot express it

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History Note

1991(1980)

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Previous Indexing

  • Aphasia (1966-1979)

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  2. C23.888w.592.604.150w.500w.800w.100w.166w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Wernicke Aphasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001041. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001041
  2. Wernicke Aphasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptive_aphasia
  3. Wernicke Aphasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1741331