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DEMENCE DEGENERATIVE PRIMAIRE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Nervous System
CONT

The diagnosis of a primary degenerative dementia can only be entertained after secondary dementias have been ruled out. Primary degenerative dementias include Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia/Pick's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and the prion diseases Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

OBS

primary degenerative dementia: The word "dementia" is sometimes considered pejorative. However, there is no generally accepted synonym to replace the designation "primary degenerative dementia."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Système nerveux
OBS

démence dégénérative primaire : Le mot «démence» est parfois considéré comme péjoratif. Toutefois, il n'existe pas de synonyme généralement accepté pour remplacer la désignation «démence dégénérative primaire».

Spanish

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