Alzheimer Disease
Synonyms
Acute Confusional Senile Dementia
Alzheimer Dementia (AD)
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset
Alzheimer Sclerosis
Alzheimer Syndrome
Alzheimer Type Dementia
Alzheimer Type Dementia (ATD)
Alzheimer Type Senile Dementia
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease, Focal Onset
Alzheimer-Type Dementia (ATD)
Dementia, Alzheimer (AD)
Dementia, Alzheimer Type
Dementia, Alzheimer-Type (ATD)
Dementia, Presenile
Dementia, Primary Senile Degenerative
Dementia, Senile
Disease, Alzheimer
Disease, Alzheimer's
Early Onset Alzheimer Disease
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
Focal Onset Alzheimer's Disease
Late Onset Alzheimer Disease
Presenile Alzheimer Dementia
Presenile Dementia
Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia
Sclerosis, Alzheimer
Senile Dementia
Senile Dementia, Acute Confusional
Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type
Syndrome, Alzheimer
A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of MEMORY, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe APRAXIAS and a global loss of cognitive abilities. The condition primarily occurs after age 60, and is marked pathologically by severe cortical atrophy and the triad of SENILE PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; and NEUROPIL THREADS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1049-57)
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