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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2025

Rethinking the diagnosis of primary progressive aphasia: current challenges and future directions.

Joël Macoir, Monica Lavoie, Guillaume Duboisdindien, Robert Laforce

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Joël MacoirFaculté de Médecine, École des Sciences de la Réadaptation, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Monica LavoieChaire de Recherche sur les Aphasies Primaires Progressives - Fondation de la Famille Lemaire, Québec, QC, Canada.
Guillaume DuboisdindienLaboratoire LINC, UMR 1322 INSERM, UFR Sciences de la Santé, Université Marie and Louis Pasteur, Besançon, France.
Robert LaforceChaire de Recherche sur les Aphasies Primaires Progressives - Fondation de la Famille Lemaire, Québec, QC, Canada.

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Abstract

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the progressive decline of language abilities due to neurodegenerative disease. Accurate and timely diagnosis is critical for effective clinical management, patient support, and research participation. However, several diagnostic challenges persist, including limitations in current syndromic classifications, lack of linguistically and culturally standardized assessment tools, overlap with other neurocognitive disorders, heterogeneity in underlying pathology, limited biomarker specificity, and unequal access to specialized care. This article reviews key diagnostic barriers and proposes future directions to improve the clinical identification and classification of PPA, with an emphasis on cross-linguistic and cross-cultural considerations.

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biomarkerscultural considerationsdiagnosislanguage assessmentneurodegenerative diseasesprimary progressive aphasia

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PMCPMC12708582

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