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Clearing Up Some Confusing Terms

David Roeltgen, MD
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A neurologist for over 20 years, Dr. Roeltgen's passions include...

David Roeltgen, MD

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What are amnesia, aphasia, anomia, alexia, agraphia, acalculia, (relatively commonly used terms) and agnosia, apraxia, anosagnosia, anosadiaphoria (relatively uncommonly used terms)?  Wow, I have been doing behavioral neurology for over 25 years and I know I missed a few of the “a&rdq...
  1. aphasia?
    carol
    Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 03:49 AM

    my mother has had "alzheimers" for the last 15 years. she murmers and mumbles sounds which make no sense. I was feeding her chocolate pudding the other day..and i kept putting the pudding to her mouth and saying..you want more? say yes..I repeated this over and over...and she said yesss. what does this mean? Can you have aphasia and respond as she did?

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