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Dementia in the Neuronal Ceroidlipofuscinoses

Alfried KohlschütterHans H. Goebel

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyBatten diseasebiologyAdult patientsbusiness.industryCognitionmedicine.diseasebiology.proteinmedicineDementiaPalmitoyl protein thioesterasePsychiatryJuvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosisbusinessNeuroscience

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Dementia is defined as a decline in cognitive abilities such as impairment of memory, reasoning, behaviour, attention, motivation and effectiveness. The term usually implies that normal mature mental capability was achieved before, and it is therefore mostly ascribed to adult patients.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1249-3_17