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Classification of primary progressive aphasia and its variants

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Gorno-Tempini, M.L., Hillis, A.E., Weintraub, S., Kertesz, A., Mendez, M., Cappa, S.F., Ogar, J.M., Rohrer, J.D. +12 more·2011·Neurology

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This article provides a classification of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and its 3 main variants to improve the uniformity of case reporting and the reliability of research results. Criteria for the 3 variants of PPA--nonfluent/agrammatic, semantic, and logopenic--were developed by an international group of PPA investigators who convened on 3 occasions to operationalize earlier published clinical descriptions for PPA subtypes. Patients are first diagnosed with PPA and are then divided into clinical variants based on specific speech and language features characteristic of each subtype. Classification can then be further specified as "imaging-supported" if the expected pattern of atrophy is found and "with definite pathology" if pathologic or genetic data are available. The working recommendations are presented in lists of features, and suggested assessment tasks are also provided. These recommendations have been widely agreed upon by a large group of experts and should be used to ensure consistency of PPA classification in future studies. Future collaborations will collect prospective data to identify relationships between each of these syndromes and specific biomarkers for a more detailed understanding of clinicopathologic correlations.

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  • Patients with primary progressive aphasias presenting as agrammatic, semantic or logopenic variants most commonly have frontotemporal lobar degeneration, but hippocampal sparing AD can also present in this manner.

    “Patients with primary progressive aphasias presenting as agrammatic, semantic or logopenic variants most commonly have frontotemporal lobar degeneration, but hippocampal sparing AD can also present in this manner [7, 102].”

    From The neuropathological diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (2019) · cites this paper as [102]

    In the development-of-classification section (page not provided), the paper links nonfluent/agrammatic and semantic PPA most often to FTLD pathology. It instead says AD might be the most common underlying pathology for logopenic PPA. It also says AD pathology can occur with each clinical presentation, but does not specify hippocampal-sparing AD. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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  • Logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA) is characterized by slow speaking rate with frequent partial words or false starts and frequent, long pauses due to word-finding difficulties.

    “One of the non‐amnestic AD presentations, logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA), is characterized by slow speaking rate with frequent partial words or false starts and frequent, long pauses due to word‐finding difficulties.”

    From Automatic classification of AD pathology in FTD phenotypes using natural speech (2024) · cites this paper as [9]

    In the section describing logopenic PPA (page not available), the paper says spontaneous speech is slow and has frequent pauses caused by word-finding problems. It does not describe frequent partial words or false starts, or specify that the pauses are long. It also says AD might be the most common underlying pathology, rather than defining lvPPA as an AD presentation. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Patients were clinically evaluated by expert neurologists at the time of recording and classified at a weekly consensus meeting using established clinical criteria.

    “All patients (n = 96) were clinically evaluated by expert neurologists (M.G., D.J.I.) at the time of recording at the frontotemporal degeneration center (FTDC) in the neurology department of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, and they were classified at a weekly consensus meeting at the FTDC using established clinical criteria.”

    From Automatic classification of AD pathology in FTD phenotypes using natural speech (2024) · cites this paper as [9]

    The 'Working Research Criteria' section sets out clinical criteria for classifying primary progressive aphasia, supporting the reference to established criteria. It does not describe the citing study’s patients, their evaluation at the time of recording, or a weekly consensus meeting at the FTDC. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • Atrophy in the frontal or temporal lobes supports the clinical suspicion of frontotemporal dementia.

    “Atrophy in the frontal or temporal lobes, which can be either symmetrical or very focal or asymmetrical, supports the clinical suspicion of frontotemporal dementia.3,4”

    From Advances and controversies in frontotemporal dementia: diagnosis, biomarkers, and therapeutic considerations (2022) · cites this paper as [4]

    The development and diagnostic-features sections (page not provided) use frontal and temporal atrophy patterns to support diagnoses of specific primary progressive aphasia variants. They do not establish that frontal or temporal atrophy generally supports suspicion of frontotemporal dementia, or address the sentence’s symmetrical, focal, and asymmetrical patterns. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • Although separate clinical criteria have been defined for each variant of primary progressive aphasia, on a clinical basis these disorders can be challenging to differentiate.

    “Although separate clinical criteria have been defined for each variant of primary progressive aphasia, 4 on a clinical basis these disorders can be challenging to differentiate.”

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Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Hillis, A. E., Weintraub, S., Kertesz, A., Mendez, M., Cappa, S. F., Ogar, J. M., Rohrer, J. D., Black, S., Boeve, B. F., Manes, F., Dronkers, N. F., Vandenberghe, R., Rascovsky, K., Patterson, K., Miller, B. L., Knopman, D. S., Hodges, J. R., Mesulam, M. M., & Grossman, M.
Affiliations
  • From the Memory and Aging Centre (M.L.G.-T., J.M.O., K.R., B.L.M.), Department of Neurology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco; Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (M.L.G.-T.), University of Trento, Trento, Italy; Department of Neurology (A.E.H.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Department of Neurology (S.W., M.M.M.), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Cognitive Neurology (A.K.), University of Western Ontario, London, Canada; Department of Neurology (M.M.), University...
  • Northwestern University (US)
Venue
Neurology
Published
2011-03-15
Volume
76
Issue
11
Pages
1006-1014
ISSN
  • 0028-3878 (ISSN-L)
  • 1526-632X
OpenAlex
W2138190873
Cited by
5,141
References
51
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FWCI
143.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Alzheimer's Association
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb (AG17586)
  • Eli Lilly and Company (AG17586)
  • Pfizer (AG17586)
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Sanofi
  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
  • Baxter International
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Canadian Stroke Network
  • Myriad Genetics
  • Alzheimer Society
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Oxford
  • Elan
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (P6/29)
  • Eisai
  • KU Leuven
  • Vlaamse regering
  • H. Lundbeck A/S
  • National Institutes of Health (AG019724, NS53488, AG 17586, AG13854, AG16574, AG17586, AG15116, NS44266, NS53488)
  • Forest Laboratories
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
  • Australian Research Council
  • National Institute on Aging (AG15116, R01AG015866, AG13854, RO1 AG15866, AG 16574, U01AG006786, R01AG015116, P01AG017586, AG17586, R01AG034499, AG019724, U24AG026395, P30AG013854, U19AG010483, P01AG019724, P50AG023501, P50AG016574)
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (AG13854, R01DC008552, DC008552, R01DC005375)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS53488, NS-44266, P50NS053488, R0I NS047691, R01NS047691, R01NS044266, R01NS050915)
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR025741)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
primary progressive aphasia, nonfluent/agrammatic variant, semantic variant, logopenic variant, clinical criteria, brain atrophy patterns, clinicopathological correlation, biomarkers
MeSH terms
Atrophy, Brain, Dementia, Humans, Neuropsychological Tests, Aphasia, Primary Progressive

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