Symptoms of transcortical motor aphasia

Symptoms of transcortical motor aphasia

What are the clinical features of transcortical motor aphasia and where are the lesions responsible for it? 

Spontaneous speech is nonfluent, with good repetition and good comprehension, delayed initiation of output, brief utterances, semantic paraphasic errors, and echolalia.

Lesions around Broca’s area in the supplementary motor area or its connections to Broca’s area are responsible.

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