A-Z of dementias
A
ADC, see Aids Dementia Complex
Adrenomyeloneuropathy, see Adrenoleukodystrophy
AGD, see Argyrophilic Grain Disease
ALD, see Adrenoleukodystrophy
ALS, see Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia, see Ataxias
B
Batten disease, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Braak's disease, see Argyrophilic Grain Disease
C
CAA, see Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
CBD, see Corticobasal degeneration
Cerebellar Ataxia, see Ataxias
Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
Charcot disease, see Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Chronic hypovitaminosis, see Dementia due to chronic hypovitaminosis
CJD, see Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and Familial Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Classical CJD, see Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Classical Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, see Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Cognitive Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
Congophilic angiopathy, see Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Cortical Lewy body disease, see Dementia with Lewy bodies
Corticobasal ganglionic degeneration, see Corticobasal degeneration
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, see Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease and Familial Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
CTX, see Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
D
Dementia after HSV encephalitis, see Herpes Encephalitis
Dementia due to chronic hypovitaminosis
Dementia in hepatic and renal failure
Dementia in Parkinson's disease
Dementia lacking distinctive histology
Dementia pugilistica, see Repeated head trauma
Dementia with Lobar Atrophy and Neuronal Cytoplasmic Inclusions, see Pick’s disease
Diffuse Degenerative Cerebral Disease, see Pick’s disease
Diffuse Lewy body disease, see Dementia with Lewy bodies
DLB, see Dementia with Lewy bodies
DLDH, see Dementia lacking distinctive histology
E
Early Onset Friedreich ataxia, see Ataxias
F
Familial cerebral amyloid angiopathy-British, see Familial British dementia
Familial Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Familial Danish dementia, see Familial British dementia
Familial prion disease, see Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
fCJD, see Familial Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
FFI, see Fatal Familial Insomnia
Friedreich ataxia, see Ataxias
Fronto-temporal atrophy, see Fronto-temporal dementia
FTD, see Fronto-temporal dementia
FTD with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17
FTDP-17, see FTD with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17
G
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
Globoid cell leukodystrophy, see Krabbe disease
GM2 gangliosidosis, see Sandhoff disease
GSS, see Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
H
Hallervorden-Spatz disease, see Neuro-degeneration with brain iron accumulation type I
Hepatic encephalopathy, see Dementia in hepatic and renal failure
Hereditary multi-infarct dementia, see CADASIL
Heredopathia ophthalmo-oto-encephalica, see Familial British dementia
HIV/AIDS encephalopathy, see AIDS Dementia Complex
HIV/AIDS related brain impairment, see AIDS Dementia Complex
HIV dementia, see AIDS Dementia Complex
Huntington’s chorea, see Huntington’s disease
Hypothyroidism, see Thyroid disorders
Hypovitaminosis , see Dementia due to chronic hypovitaminosis
I
Iatrogenic CJD, see Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Idiopathic degenerative late onset ataxia, see Ataxias
Idiopathic parkinsonism plus dementia, see Dementia in Parkinson's disease
J
Jansky-Bielschowsky disease, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
K
Korsakoff's amnesic syndrome, see Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Korsakoff's psychosis, see Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Korsakoff's syndrome, see Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Kuf disease, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Kufs-Hallervorden disease, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
L
Leukodystrophy, see Metachromatic leukodystrophy or Adrenoleukodystrophy
Lewy body dementia, see Dementia with Lewy bodies
Lewy body variant of Alzheimer’s disease, see Dementia with Lewy bodies
Lobar atrophy, see Fronto-temporal dementia and Pick’s disease
Lou Gehrig Disease, see Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Lues, see Syphilis
M
MLD, see Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Monogenic Alzheimer’s disease, see Familial Alzheimer’s disease
Motor Neuron Disease, see Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
MS, see Cognitive Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
MSA, see Multiple System Atrophy
Multiple Sclerosis, see Cognitive Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
Myxoedema, see Thyroid Disorders
N
NBIA 1, see Neuro-degeneration with brain iron accumulation type I
NCL, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Neuro-degeneration with brain iron accumulation type I
Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Neurosyphilis, see Syphilis
New Variant CJD, see Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
New Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, see Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Non-Alzheimer Frontal lobe degeneration, see Dementia lacking distinctive histology
Non-Pick Frontal lobe degeneration, see Dementia lacking distinctive histology
NPD, see Niemann-Pick disease
NPH, see Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
O
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy, see Multiple System Atrophy
P
Pantothenace kinase-associated neurodegeneration, see Neuro-degeneration with brain iron accumulation type I
Parkinson’s disease dementia, see Dementia in Parkinson's disease
PDD, see Dementia in Parkinson's disease
PEP, see Postencephalitic Parkinsonism
PiD, see Pick’s disease
Portal-systemic encephalopathy, see Dementia in hepatic and renal failure
PPA, see Primary Progressive Aphasia
Progressive paralysis, see Syphilis
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PSP, see Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Punch-drunk syndrome, see Repeated head trauma
Q
R
S
Santavuori-Haltia-Hagberg disease, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
SD, see Semantic dementia
Senile dementia of Lewy body type, see Dementia with Lewy bodies
Shy-Drager syndrome, see Multiple System Atrophy
Slowly Progressive Aphasia, see Primary Progressive Aphasia
Sphigolipidosis, see Gaucher disease
Sphingomyelinosis, see Niemann-Pick disease
Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren disease, see Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses
Sporadic CJD, see Sporadic Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Sporadid Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Spino-cerebellar ataxia, see Ataxias
Steele-Richardson-Olszewsky syndrome, see Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Striatonigral degeneration, see Multiple System Atrophy
Subacute arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, see Binswanger’s disease
T
TSD, see Tay-Sachs disease
U
Uremic encephalopathy, see Dementia in hepatic and renal failure
V
Variant CJD, see Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
vCJD, see Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease
W
Wernicke's encephalopathy, see Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
WKS, see Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
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Last Updated: Thursday 13 November 2014
