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What is presenile dementia?

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Dr. Missid Ghanem answered

Specializes in Clinical Psychology

Early onset dementia: Presenile dementia refers to dementia occurring in younger persons, usually age 65 or younger; since most cases are due to alzheimer's disease, the term is sometimes used as a synonym of dementia of the Alzheimer's type, early onset.

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Dr. Thomas Heston answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Early onset: Presenile dementia is early onset dementia. Here is a good resource for you: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0001748/ and http://goo.Gl/0r4pr.

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