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Molecular Mechanisms of Dementia

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Lobar atrophy is a clinically diverse group of rare, non-Alzheimer, neurodegenerative disorders that often run in families, and includes the rarely occurring Pick disease.

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Vonsattel, J.P.G., Binetti, G., Kelley, L.M. (1997). Pick Disease. In: Wasco, W., Tanzi, R.E. (eds) Molecular Mechanisms of Dementia. Contemporary Neuroscience. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-471-9_16

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