Lobar atrophy of the brain (medical condition): A degenerative brain disease involving the frontal and temporal brain lobes resulting primarily in progressive dementia and loss of motor and language functions. It is characterized by the presence of proteins called Pick bodies in damaged nerve cells.
See also:
Pick's disease of the brain:
»Introduction: Pick's disease of the brain
»Symptoms of Pick's disease of the brain
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Lobar atrophy of the brain:
Lobar atrophy of the brain is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Lobar atrophy of the brain, or a subtype of Lobar atrophy of the brain,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Lobar atrophy of the brain: Another name for Pick's disease of the brain (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Pick's disease of the brain
»Symptoms of Pick's disease of the brain
Some of the symptoms of Lobar atrophy of the brain incude:
See full list of 80 symptoms of Lobar atrophy of the brain (Pick's disease of the brain)
These medical disease topics may be related to Lobar atrophy of the brain:
Source - NIH
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