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A few comments on Ravel's disease
Neurology Department, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar (France) and Inserm U-692
Correspondence to:
François Sellal, Neurology Department, Hôpitaux Civils de Colmar, 68024 Colmar Cedex, France E-mail: francois.sellal@orange.fr
Received April 3, 2008. Accepted May 16, 2008.
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Sir, It is with great interest that we read the paper from Seeley and colleagues (Seeley et al., 2008
) on the consequences of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) on a patient's pictorial production. However, we are somewhat concerned that the authors have attributed the cognitive disorders developed by Ravel (1875–1937) in his last 4 years to PPA.
This diagnosis is mainly based on