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MeSH Heading: Apraxias
Tree Number(s): C10.597.606.881.350; C23.888.592.604.882.350; F01.700.875.350
Unique ID: D001072
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001072
Scope Note: A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function. The two major subtypes of this condition are ideomotor (see APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR) and ideational apraxia, which refers to loss of the ability to mentally formulate the processes involved with performing an action. For example, dressing apraxia may result from an inability to mentally formulate the act of placing clothes on the body. Apraxias are generally associated with lesions of the dominant PARIETAL LOBE and supramarginal gyrus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp56-7)
Entry Term(s): Apraxia; Apraxia of Phonation; Apraxia, Articulatory; Apraxia, Developmental Verbal; Apraxia, Facial-Oral; Apraxia, Gestural; Apraxia, Motor; Apraxia, Oral; Apraxia, Verbal; Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia; Dressing Apraxia; Dyspraxia; Dyspraxia, Articulatory; Dyspraxia, Oral; Dyspraxia, Verbal; Ideational Apraxia; Speech And Language Disorder With Orofacial Dyspraxia; Speech-Language Disorder 1
NLM Classification #: WL 340.1
Public MeSH Note: 2000; see APRAXIA 1966-1999
History Note: 2000(1966)
Date Established: 2000/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/28

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Concept UI: M0001625
Scope Note: A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function. The two major subtypes of this condition are ideomotor (see APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR) and ideational apraxia, which refers to loss of the ability to mentally formulate the processes involved with performing an action. For example, dressing apraxia may result from an inability to mentally formulate the act of placing clothes on the body. Apraxias are generally associated with lesions of the dominant PARIETAL LOBE and supramarginal gyrus. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp56-7)
Terms: Apraxias Preferred Term
Term UI T365781
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Apraxia
Term UI T003259
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Dyspraxia
Term UI T372642
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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