Pick's disease

Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (BvFTD) na dem previously know as Pick's disease, wey e be de most common of de FTD types. BvFTD be diagnosed four times as often as de PPA variants. Behavior fi change insyd BvFTD insyd either of two ways—e fi change to e be impulsive den disinhibited, dey act insyd socially unacceptable ways; anaa e fi change to e be listless den apathetic. About 12–13% of people plus bvFTD dey develop motor neuron disease.

De Pick bodies wich be present insyd behavioral variant FTD be spherical inclusion bodies dem find insyd de cytoplasm of affected cells. Dem dey consist of tau fibrils as a major component togeda plus a number of oda protein products wey dey include ubiquitin den tubulin.

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Category:Cognitive disorders
Category:Dementia
Category:Diseases dem name after discoverers