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Pick Disease (cont.)

Pick Disease Causes

The specific cause of Pick disease is unknown. In a small number of cases, the disease is hereditary, meaning that it runs in the family. This is not true of most cases of the disease.



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Pick disease (named after Arnold Pick) is a progressive dementia defined by clinical and pathologic criteria.

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