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Dementia Underlying Cause
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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Dementia Anatomy
Related Topics:
Alzheimer's disease
Confusion
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Gaucher's disease
Huntington's disease
Kidney failure
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
Parkinson's disease
Pick's disease
Senile dementia
Tay-sachs disease
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
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Last Updated: Oct 26, 2008
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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