Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's...
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dementia (LBD) is an umbrella term for two similar and common subtypes of dementia: dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD)...
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Frontotemporal dementia (FTD), also called frontotemporal degeneration disease or frontotemporal neurocognitive disorder, encompasses several types of dementia involving...
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Alzheimer's disease (redirect from DAT - Dementia Alzheimer's type)
slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events...
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vascular dementia include subcortical vascular dementia, multi-infarct dementia, stroke-related dementia, and mixed dementia. Subcortical vascular dementia occurs...
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Space Dementia may refer to: "Space Dementia" (song), by Muse A fictional mental disorder, mentioned in several works: "Space Madness", a season 1 episode...
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Sundowning (redirect from Sundowning (dementia))
some form of dementia. It is most commonly associated with Alzheimer's disease but is also found in those with other forms of dementia. The term sundowning...
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Look up dementia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dementia is a cognitive disorder. Dementia may also refer to: Dementia (1955 film), a low-budget...
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Parkinson's disease dementia (PDD) is dementia that is associated with Parkinson's disease (PD). Together with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), it is...
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Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia characterized by changes in sleep, behavior, cognition, movement, and regulation of automatic bodily...
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Dementia 13, known in the United Kingdom as The Haunted and the Hunted, is a 1963 independently made black-and-white horror-thriller film produced by Roger...
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (redirect from Dementia pugilistica)
with thinking. The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia. Most documented cases have occurred in athletes involved in striking-based...
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Early onset dementia is dementia in which symptoms first appear before the age of 65. The term favored until about 2000 was presenile dementia; young onset...
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The prevention of dementia involves reducing the number of risk factors for the development of dementia, and is a global health priority needing a global...
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Alcohol-related dementia (ARD) is a form of dementia caused by long-term, excessive consumption of alcohol, resulting in neurological damage and impaired...
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Dementia praecox (meaning a "premature dementia" or "precocious madness") is a disused psychiatric diagnosis that originally designated a chronic, deteriorating...
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HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (redirect from AIDS Dementia Complex)
of both host and viral origin. The essential features of HIV-associated dementia (HAD) are disabling cognitive impairment accompanied by motor dysfunction...
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Dementia Association (LBDA) is a US nonprofit organization based in Lilburn, Georgia, and "dedicated to raising awareness of the Lewy body dementias (LBD)...
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with balance, collectively known as parkinsonism. Parkinson's disease dementia, falls and neuropsychiatric problems such as sleep abnormalities, psychosis...
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Dementia UK is a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom. It aims to support those living with dementia and their families, primarily through their...
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General paresis of the insane (redirect from Dementia paralytic)
paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane (GPI), paralytic dementia, or syphilitic paresis is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder, classified...
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Mild cognitive impairment (redirect from Incipient dementia)
living. MCI may occur as a transitional stage between normal aging and dementia, especially Alzheimer's disease. It includes both memory and non-memory...
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Twilight Dementia is the first live album by British power metal band DragonForce, released in Japan on 8 September 2010, the United Kingdom on 13 September...
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Semantic dementia (SD), also known as semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA), is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by...
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As populations age, caring for people with dementia has become more common. Elderly caregiving may consist of formal care and informal care. Formal care...
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Progressive supranuclear palsy (redirect from Parkinson dementia Steele type)
types of neurodegeneration such as Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The cause of the condition is uncertain, but involves...
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Pseudodementia (redirect from Dementia syndrome of depression)
abrupt onset, while dementia is more often insidious. Clinically, people with pseudodementia differ from those with true dementia when their memory is...
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Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD) is a pain scale developed by Victoria Warden, Ann C. Hurley, and Ladislav Volicer to provide a universal...
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Dementia is a 1955 American black-and-white experimental horror film produced, written, and directed by John Parker, and starring Adrienne Barrett and...
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Subcortical dementias includes those diseases which predominantly affects the basal ganglia along with features of cognitive decline. Diseases such as...
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