“…Richter proposed that lobar cortical atrophies are hereditary diseases (Richter 1918) and Gans, a pupil of Pick, linked his mentor's name to cases of lobar cortical atrophy (Gans 1923). Additional examples of frontal and/or temporal cortical atrophy with or without argyrophilic inclusions were subsequently reported and the clinical condition was called "Pick's disease" (Onari and Spatz 1926;Stertz 1926).…”
Section: The Concept Of Frontotemporal Dementia: Historical Overviewmentioning
“…Richter proposed that lobar cortical atrophies are hereditary diseases (Richter 1918) and Gans, a pupil of Pick, linked his mentor's name to cases of lobar cortical atrophy (Gans 1923). Additional examples of frontal and/or temporal cortical atrophy with or without argyrophilic inclusions were subsequently reported and the clinical condition was called "Pick's disease" (Onari and Spatz 1926;Stertz 1926).…”
Section: The Concept Of Frontotemporal Dementia: Historical Overviewmentioning
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