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Word salad

MedGen UID:: 535439
•Concept ID:: C0233648
•: Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction

Synonym:	Random stream of words with no logic
SNOMED CT:	Word salad (40907002)

HPO:	HP:0025784

Definition

Speech that consists of a series of recognizable words that are randomly strung together with no meaningful connection. [from HPO]

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GTR
MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVWord salad

Abnormality of the nervous system
- Abnormal nervous system physiology
  - Abnormality of mental function
    - Abnormal cognitive process
      - Abnormal communication
        Language disorder
        Word salad

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Status epilepticus manifesting as reversible Wernicke's aphasia.

Knight RT, Cooper J
Epilepsia 1986 May-Jun;27(3):301-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1986.tb03543.x. PMID: 3698941

Therapy

Linguistic predictability influences auditory stimulus classification within two concurrent speech streams.

Szalárdy O, Tóth B, Farkas D, Orosz G, Honbolygó F, Winkler I
Psychophysiology 2020 May;57(5):e13547. Epub 2020 Feb 12 doi: 10.1111/psyp.13547. PMID: 32052468

Prognosis

Linguistic predictability influences auditory stimulus classification within two concurrent speech streams.

Szalárdy O, Tóth B, Farkas D, Orosz G, Honbolygó F, Winkler I
Psychophysiology 2020 May;57(5):e13547. Epub 2020 Feb 12 doi: 10.1111/psyp.13547. PMID: 32052468

Clinical prediction guides

Linguistic predictability influences auditory stimulus classification within two concurrent speech streams.

Szalárdy O, Tóth B, Farkas D, Orosz G, Honbolygó F, Winkler I
Psychophysiology 2020 May;57(5):e13547. Epub 2020 Feb 12 doi: 10.1111/psyp.13547. PMID: 32052468

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