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.

Descriptor ID	D001037
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.606.150.500.800.100 C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100
Concept/Terms	Aphasia Aphasia Logasthenia Logasthenias Logagnosia Logagnosias Logamnesia Logamnesias Alogia Alogias Anepia Anepias Aphasia, Acquired Aphasia, Acquired Acquired Aphasia Aphasia, Ageusic Aphasia, Ageusic Ageusic Aphasia Ageusic Aphasias Aphasias, Ageusic Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory Discriminatory Auditory Discriminatory Aphasia Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias Discriminatory Aphasia, Auditory Discriminatory Aphasias, Auditory Aphasia, Commisural Aphasia, Commisural Aphasias, Commisural Commisural Aphasia Commisural Aphasias Aphasia, Functional Aphasia, Functional Aphasias, Functional Functional Aphasia Functional Aphasias Aphasia, Global Aphasia, Global Aphasias, Global Global Aphasia Global Aphasias Dysphasia, Global Dysphasias, Global Global Dysphasia Global Dysphasias Aphasia, Syntactical Aphasia, Syntactical Aphasias, Syntactical Syntactical Aphasia Syntactical Aphasias Aphasia, Intellectual Aphasia, Intellectual Aphasias, Intellectual Intellectual Aphasia Intellectual Aphasias Aphasia, Mixed Aphasia, Mixed Aphasias, Mixed Mixed Aphasia Mixed Aphasias Aphasia, Post-Ictal Aphasia, Post-Ictal Aphasia, Post Ictal Aphasias, Post-Ictal Post-Ictal Aphasia Post-Ictal Aphasias Aphasia, Post-Traumatic Aphasia, Post-Traumatic Aphasia, Post Traumatic Aphasias, Post-Traumatic Post-Traumatic Aphasia Post-Traumatic Aphasias Aphasia, Semantic Aphasia, Semantic Aphasias, Semantic Semantic Aphasia Semantic Aphasias Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon Dejerine-Lichtheim Phenomenon Dejerine Lichtheim Phenomenon Phenomenon, Dejerine-Lichtheim Lichtheim's Sign Lichtheim Sign Lichtheims Sign Sign, Lichtheim's Dysphasia Dysphasia Aphasia, Progressive Aphasia, Progressive Aphasias, Progressive Progressive Aphasia Progressive Aphasias Aphasia, Graphomotor Aphasia, Graphomotor Aphasias, Graphomotor Graphomotor Aphasia Graphomotor Aphasias

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