What degenerative diseases can cause dementia?

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  1. Dr. John Growdon
     
    Dr. John Growdon answered:
    Alzheimer's disease is the degenerative disease that is most often responsible for dementia, accounting for more than 50% of cases. Together, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease account for anopther 25% of all dementias.
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    Alzheimer's disease is the degenerative disease that is most often responsible for dementia, accounting for more than 50% of cases. Together, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease account for... More