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Causes for dementia include:

Alzheimer's disease
Senile dementia
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Huntington's disease
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Gaucher's disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Multiple strokes
Parkinson's disease
Pick's disease
Severe liver disease:

Hepatic encephalopathy
Cirrhosis

Tay-sachs disease
Kidney failure

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Alzheimer's disease
Huntington's disease
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Parkinson's disease
Pick's disease
Senile dementia
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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Last Updated: Oct 26, 2008 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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