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Are there any fatal illnesses/diseases that cause insanity or memory loss?
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Yes: Huntington's chorea, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's disease, multi-infarct dementia, picks disease, and prion diseases such as creutzfeld jacobs disease or mad cow disease.
Answered 12/8/2013
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