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Pick's disease is a dementing illness associated with deterioration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain.
Characteristics
Symptoms may include a decline in social behavior (including disinhibition, tactlessness, and breaches of interpersonal etiquette), emotional blunting, apathy, changes in eating habits (including increased appetite, weight gain, and increased preference for sweets), attention problems, decreased insight, speech and language problems (including reduced speech ability, repetition of phrases heard, reduced use of nouns, difficulty naming objects, loss of word meaning, diminished writing ability, and mutism), and difficulty recognizing faces. Though Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia can sometimes cause similar symptoms, Pick's disease is more likely to cause certain deficits in behavior and speech (such as disinhibition or loss of nouns), while memory and visuospatial function (which are frequently affected by Alzheimer's Disease) tend to be relatively spared. Also, the onset of Pick's Disease (usually between the ages of 45 and 65) is earlier than is normally seen in Alzheimer's disease.
Pick's disease causes a syndrome called frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) that has three main variants:
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eMedicine Health - Pick Disease - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this brain disorder.
Meta Description: [ Pick disease is a brain disorder that causes slowly worsening decline of mental abilities. It gradually damages brain cells and impairs their function. It disturbs cognitive processes, such as reasoning, ... ]
NORD: Pick's Disease - Offers synonyms, a general discussion and further resources.
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Pick's Disease - Overview by the National Institutes of Health.
Meta Description: [ Pick's Disease information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. ]
Pick's Disease Information Page - FAQs on this rare disease along with links to other resources.
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