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F02*. Dementia in other diseases classified elsewhere


Cases of dementia due, or presumed to be due, to causes other than Alzheimer's disease or cerebrovascular disease. Onset may be at any time in life, though rarely in old age. F02.0* Dementia in Pick's disease (G31.0+) A progressive dementia, commencing in middle age, characterized by early, slowly progressing changes of character and social deterioration, followed by impairment of intellect, memory, and language functions, with apathy, euphoria and, occasionally, extrapyramidal phenomena. F02.1* Dementia in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (A81.0+) A progressive dementia with extensive neurological signs, due to specific neuropathological changes that are presumed to be caused by a transmissible agent. Onset is usually in middle or later life, but may be at any adult age. The course is subacute, leading to death within one to two years. F02.2* Dementia in Huntington's disease (G10+) A dementia occurring as part of a widespread degeneration of the brain. The disorder is transmitted by a single autosomal dominant gene. Symptoms typically emerge in the third and fourth decade. Progression is slow, leading to death usually within 10 to 15 years. Dementia in Huntington's chorea F02.3* Dementia in Parkinson's disease (G20+) A dementia developing in the course of established Parkinson's disease. No particular distinguishing clinical features have yet been demonstrated. Dementia in: . paralysis agitans . parkinsonism F02.4* Dementia in human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B22.0+) Dementia developing in the course of HIV disease, in the absence of a concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that could explain the clinical features. F02.8* Dementia in other specified diseases classified elsewhere Dementia in: . cerebral lipidosis(E75.-+) . epilepsy (G40.-+) . hepatolenticular degeneration (E83.0+) . hypercalcaemia (E83.5+) . hypothyroidism, acquired (E01,E03.-+) . intoxications (T36-T65+) . multiple sclerosis (G35+) . neurosyphilis (A52.1+) . niacin deficiency [pellagra] (E52+) . polyarteritis nodosa (M30.0+) . systemic lupus erythcmatosus (M32.-+) . trypanosomiasis (B56.-+, B57.-+) . vitamin B12 deficiency (E53.8+)

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