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Pick disease of the brain

Introduction: Pick disease of the brain

Description of Pick disease of the brain

Pick disease 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.

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Pick's disease of the brain:
  »Introduction: Pick's disease of the brain
  »Symptoms of Pick's disease of the brain

Pick disease of the brain: A rare form of DEMENTIA that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include APHASIA; APRAXIA; CONFUSION; ANOMIA; memory loss; and personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed atrophy of the poles of the FRONTAL LOBE and TEMPORAL LOBE. Neuronal loss is maximal in the HIPPOCAMPUS, entorhinal cortex, and AMYGDALA. Some ballooned cortical neurons contain argentophylic (Pick) bodies. (From Brain Pathol 1998 Apr;8(2):339-54; Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1057-9).
Source: MeSH 2007

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Pick disease of the brain: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Pick disease 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 Pick disease of the brain, or a subtype of Pick disease of the brain, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Pick disease of the brain as a Disease

Pick disease 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

Symptoms of Pick disease of the brain (Pick's disease of the brain)

Some of the symptoms of Pick disease of the brain incude:

See full list of 80 symptoms of Pick disease of the brain (Pick's disease of the brain)

Pick disease of the brain: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Pick disease of the brain:

Terms associated with Pick disease of the brain:

Terms Similar to Pick disease of the brain:

Source - NIH

  • Circumscribed Lobar Atrophy of the Brain
  • Lobar Atrophy (Brain)

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Pick disease of the brain

Source - MeSH 2007

Hierarchical classifications of Pick disease of the brain

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