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primary dementia — See dementia praecox … Black's law dictionary
dementia praecox — /damensh(iy)a priykoks/ A term used to include a wide range of mental disorders which occur in early life. It is also called adolescent insanity and schizophrenia. Dementia praecox includes three types, namely, primary dementia, catatonia, and… … Black's law dictionary
dementia praecox — /damensh(iy)a priykoks/ A term used to include a wide range of mental disorders which occur in early life. It is also called adolescent insanity and schizophrenia. Dementia praecox includes three types, namely, primary dementia, catatonia, and… … Black's law dictionary
Dementia — Dementia, in the sense of a temporary or permanent loss of brain function that could affect people of all ages, has always been familiar to physicians. The elderly in particular have often been implicated in global deficits in personality,… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
Primary central nervous system lymphoma — Classification and external resources Brain magnetic resonance imaging showing primary central nervous system B cell non Hodgkin lymphoma of the sella … Wikipedia
Primary progressive aphasia — (PPA) is a type of dementia characterized most prominently by an insidious and progressive disorder of language and speech abilities. It was first described by Marsel Mesulam in 1982. There is no approved treatment. Rapid and sustained… … Wikipedia
Dementia — For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). Dementia Classification and external resources ICD 10 F00 F07 ICD 9 … Wikipedia
Dementia — Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with social or occupational functioning. Criteria for the diagnosis of dementia include impairment of attention, orientation, memory, judgment,… … Medical dictionary
Dementia praecox — An article by Eugen Bleuler on dementia praecox (1911) Dementia praecox (a premature dementia or precocious madness ) refers to a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the… … Wikipedia
primary degenerative dementia — severe loss of intellectual function of no discernible cause; the term generally denotes dementia of the Alzheimer type, but is sometimes used for dementia associated with Pick disease … Medical dictionary
