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Name |
Pick's Disease |
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Related to/Also known as |
Frontotemporal Dementia |
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Description |
A progressive dementia occurring in middle-life, characterised by slowly developing changes in character and social behaviour, usually including impairment of language, due to degeneration of the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. |
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Useful National contacts |
Pick's Disease Support Group |
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Useful local contacts (Merseyside) |
Mary Dawber (Mersey & North West) |
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Our resources |
The library at Neurosupport has a range of reference resources on this condition and on a wide range of disability related issues. |
