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dementia

Used for:

cerebral atrophy diffuse

Used for:

Pick's disease

See for:

presenile dementia

See for:

senile dementia

Broader Terms:

organic brain syndrome

Narrower Terms:

Alzheimer's disease

Narrower Terms:

multiinfarct dementia

Related Terms:

aging

Related Terms:

AIDS dementia complex

Related Terms:

psychosis

Related Terms:

spongiform encephalopathy

Scope Note:

loss of intellectual functions such as memory, learning, reasoning, problem solving, and abstract thinking while vegetative functions remain intact.

Term Number:

0485-6612


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