Shannon Douglas wrote:
>My grandfather, who has symptoms of broca's aphasia, has just recently be
>en suspected of being in the first stages of Parkinson's disease. An MRI
five
>years ago, when the aphasic symptoms began to appear, showed nothing at all.
It could be a syndrome known as Primary Progressive Aphasia (a.k.a. Mesulam's
Syndrome). Here are a few references:
Mesulam M-M, 1982 Annals Neurol 11;592-598
Feher E P, et al., 1991 J Ger Psych & Neuro 4;235-240
Hodges J R, et al., 1992 Brain 115;1783-1806
Talk it over with his doctor & see what he/she says.
mike
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