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Semantic dementia
Disease definition
Semantic dementia (SD) is a form of frontotemporal dementia (FTD; see this term), characterized by the progressive, amodal and profound loss of semantic knowledge (combination of visual associative agnosia, anomia, surface dyslexia or dysgraphia and disrupted comprehension of word meaning) and behavioral abnormalities, attributable to the degeneration of the anterior temporal lobes.
ORPHA:100069
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Español (2014) Français (2014) Nederlands (2014)
Detailed information
General public
- Article for general public
- Français (2007, pdf) - Orphanet
Guidelines
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Français (2021) - PNDS


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