GENERAL PARESIS

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N., Pam M.S.
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dementia associated with an advanced neurosyphilitic infection in the brain. It is now rare as it is diagnosed early now. First symptoms appear between 5 and 30 years after infection.

GENERAL PARESIS: "General paresis is a form of dementia."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
  2. SENILE
  3. BRAIN GROWTH
  4. BOXER'S DEMENTIA
  5. BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS
  6. KRAEPELIN'S THEORY
  7. MENINGITIS
  8. ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
  9. ENCEPHALITIS
  10. BRAIN ABSCESS
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "GENERAL PARESIS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, May 11, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/general-paresis/ (accessed October 15, 2019).
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