Can Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis Cause Aphasia?

Autor/inn/en	Naude, H.; Pretorius, E.
Titel	Can Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis Cause Aphasia?
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 173 (2003) 6, S.669-679 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
Schlagwörter	Aphasia; Microbiology; Neurological Impairments; Patients; Males; Longitudinal Studies; Memory; Speech; Listening Comprehension; Reading Comprehension; Handwriting; Oral Reading; Writing Skills; Visual Perception; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Mikrobiologie; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Patient; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Gedächtnis; Speaking; Sprechen; Hörverständnis; Leseverstehen; Handschrift; Oral work; Reading; Mündliche Übung; Leseprozess; Lesen; Writing skill; Schreibfertigkeit; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Aphasia implies the loss or impairment of language caused by brain damage. The key to understanding the nature of aphasic symptoms is the neuro-anatomical site of brain damage, and not the causative agent. However, because "Herpes simplex" virus (HSV) encephalitis infection usually affects the frontal and temporal lobes, subcortical structures and hippocampal tissue, the link between aphasia and HSV encephalitis is investigated in this article, based on the neuro-anatomical site of brain damage caused by such infection. A longitudinal case study of a patient with HSV encephalitis infection suggested the presence of fluent, conduction aphasia. The features included fluent conversational speech, superior comprehension of spoken language, and normal to good comprehension of reading matter, but defective handwriting, impaired reading aloud, circumlocution, visual field loss, poor auditory memory and repetition. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10