Catalog

Primary progressive apraxia

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Primary progressive apraxia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1418389822

A rare dementia syndrome characterised by isolated difficulty in performing a motor task, not due to weakness, sensory loss, incoordination, aphasia, or other deficits. It is typically associated with parietal dysfunction. It can progress to and/or be neuropathologically associated with Alzheimer disease, frontotemporal dementia, or corticobasal degeneration.