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MeSH Heading: Aphasia, Wernicke
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.150.500.800.100.166; C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100.166
Unique ID: D001041
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001041
Annotation: do not confuse with APHASIA, BROCA where subject understands language but cannot express it
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Aphasia, Fluent; Aphasia, Jargon; Aphasia, Posterior; Aphasia, Psychosensory; Dysphasia, Fluent; Dysphasia, Receptive; Dysphasia, Sensory; Dysphasia, Wernicke; Dysphasia, Wernicke's; Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's; Receptive Aphasia; Sensory Aphasia; Wernicke Aphasia
Previous Indexing: Aphasia (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 1991; see APHASIA 1980-1990
History Note: 1991(1980)
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/12/14
Revision Date: 1999/11/03

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Concept UI: M0001576
Scope Note: 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)
Terms: Aphasia, Wernicke Preferred Term
Term UI T003173
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (1980); Dysphasia, Wernicke
Term UI T372520
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Dysphasia, Wernicke's
Term UI T372513
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's
Term UI T372514
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Wernicke Aphasia
Term UI T372933
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

Concept UI: M0001578
Terms: Receptive Aphasia Preferred Term
Term UI T003175
Date12/14/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Dysphasia, Receptive
Term UI T372517
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sensory Aphasia
Term UI T372934
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Dysphasia, Fluent
Term UI T372516
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Aphasia, Fluent
Term UI T003174
Date12/14/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Aphasia, Psychosensory
Term UI T372515
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Dysphasia, Sensory
Term UI T372935
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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