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- Alzheimer's disease [r]: A degenerative disease of the brain characterized by the insidious onset of dementia. Impairment of memory, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe apraxias and a global loss of cognitive abilities (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Frontotemporal lobar degeneration [r]: A rare form of dementia that is sometimes familial. Clinical features include aphasia; apraxia; confusion; anomia; memory loss; and personality deterioration. This pattern is consistent with the pathologic findings of circumscribed atrophy of the poles of the frontal lobe and temporal lobe (National Library of Medicine). [e]
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- Cognition [r]: The central nervous system's processing of information relevant to behaviour. [e]
