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MeSH Heading: Aphasia
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.150.500.800.100; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100
Unique ID: D001037
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001037
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
Scope Note: A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
Entry Term(s): Alogia; Anepia; Aphasia, Acquired; Aphasia, Ageusic; Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory; Aphasia, Commisural; Aphasia, Functional; Aphasia, Global; Aphasia, Graphomotor; Aphasia, Intellectual; Aphasia, Mixed; Aphasia, Post-Ictal; Aphasia, Post-Traumatic; Aphasia, Progressive; Aphasia, Semantic; Aphasia, Syntactical; Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon; Dysphasia; Dysphasia, Global; Lichtheim's Sign; Logagnosia; Logamnesia; Logasthenia; Word Deafness
See Also: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
Public MeSH Note: 1963; for APHASIA, ACQUIRED see APHASIA, ACQUIRED 1991-1995, see APHASIA 1980-1990
History Note: 1963
Date Established: 1963/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/05/12

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Concept UI: M0001571
Scope Note: A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form. This condition is caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere. Clinical features are used to classify the various subtypes of this condition. General categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
Terms: Aphasia Preferred Term
Term UI T003165
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Alogia
Term UI T371930
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Logasthenia
Term UI T371934
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Logagnosia
Term UI T371932
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Logamnesia
Term UI T371933
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Word Deafness
Term UI T001080738
Date05/15/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Anepia
Term UI T371931
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Aphasia MeSH Descriptor Data 2023