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ピック病

Pick’s disease

初老期認知症(dementia)の一つ。40代以降の働き盛りに発病することが多い。 人を馬鹿にした態度をとるなどの行動や何を聞いても同じ言葉を繰り返すなど異常な言動が主な症状として見られる。

One form of presenile dementia: People in or after their 40s, in the prime of their working lives, tend to get this disease more often. Behaviors such as making a fool of other people or taking a ridiculous attitude or abnormal speech behavior, such as replying in the same words to whatever is asked, are the major symptoms to appear.