Other neurologic diseases with dementia as a sequela.
Less-common causes of dementia are briefly discussed. Disorders covered include Pick's disease, primary progressive aphasia, progressive supranuclear palsy, Huntington's disease, olivopontocerebellar atrophies, closed head injury, dementia pugilistica, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Pseudodementia is also discussed. These disorders are compared and contrasted with the more common etiologies of dementia that are reviewed in other articles in the issue. Topics covered include treatment, differential diagnosis, clinical features, and pathogenesis.
Feher
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Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Inbody
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SB
Nolan
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Pirozzolo
F J
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D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*