Pick’s disease

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Central nervous system

Primary progressive aphasia; Aphasia - primary progressive; Semantic dementia; Dementia - semantic; Frontotemporal dementia; Arnold Pick's disease

There is no known prevention for this rare disorder.

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Review Date: 11/07/2005
Reviewed By: Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.