Impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere. (From Brain & Bannister, Clinical Neurology, 7th ed, p141; Kandel et al., Principles of Neural Science, 3d ed, p846)

Descriptor ID	D001041
MeSH Number(s)	C10.597.606.150.500.800.100.166 C23.888.592.604.150.500.800.100.166
Concept/Terms	Aphasia, Wernicke Aphasia, Wernicke Wernicke Aphasia Aphasias, Wernicke Wernicke Aphasias Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke's Aphasia, Wernicke's Fluent Fluent Aphasia, Wernicke Fluent Aphasia, Wernickes Wernicke's Fluent Aphasia Dysphasia, Wernicke Wernicke Dysphasia Dysphasia, Wernicke's Dysphasia, Wernickes Wernicke's Dysphasia Aphasia, Posterior Aphasia, Posterior Aphasias, Posterior Posterior Aphasia Posterior Aphasias Receptive Aphasia Receptive Aphasia Aphasia, Receptive Dysphasia, Receptive Dysphasias, Receptive Receptive Dysphasia Receptive Dysphasias Sensory Aphasia Aphasia, Sensory Aphasia, Psychosensory Aphasias, Psychosensory Psychosensory Aphasia Psychosensory Aphasias Aphasia, Fluent Fluent Aphasia Dysphasia, Fluent Dysphasias, Fluent Fluent Dysphasia Fluent Dysphasias Dysphasia, Sensory Dysphasias, Sensory Sensory Dysphasia Sensory Dysphasias Aphasia, Jargon Aphasia, Jargon Aphasias, Jargon Jargon Aphasia Jargon Aphasias

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