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Enfermedad de Pick

Nombres alternativos:

Afasia progresiva primaria; Afasia primaria progresiva; Demencia semántica; Demencia frontotemporal; Enfermedad de Arnold Pick

Prevención:

Se desconoce cómo prevenir este trastorno poco común.

Referencias:

Moore DP, Jefferson JW. Handbook of Medical Psychiatry . 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby; 2004.

Pierce JM. Pick's disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry . 2003 Feb;74(2):169.

Grossman M. Frontotemporal dementia: a review. J Intl Neuropsychol Soc . 2002;8:566-583.

Grossman M. Progressive aphasic syndromes: clinical and theoretical advances. Curr Opin Neurol . 2002;15:1-5.

McKhann G, Albert M, Grossman M, Miller B, Dickson D, Trojanowski J. Clinical and pathological diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. Arch Neurology . 2001;58:1803-1809.

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Fecha de revisión: 11/7/2005
Versión en inglés revisada por: Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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