semantic dementia

Term ID

DOID:0081391

Synonyms

• semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia
• semantic variant PPA

Definition

A primary progressive aphasia that is characterized by the progressive, amodal and profound loss of semantic knowledge and behavioral abnormalities, attributable to the degeneration of the anterior temporal lobes. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28019640/

References

• GARD:10792
• ORDO:100069

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:0081391 )