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Pick's disease - Prevention

Alternative Names

Semantic dementia; Dementia - semantic; Frontotemporal dementia; Arnold Pick's disease

Prevention:

There is no known prevention.

  • Reviewed last on: 2/6/2008
  • Daniel Kantor, MD, Director of the Comprehensive MS Center, Neuroscience Institute, University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville, FL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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