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)
Alzheimer's disease -- Classification. : Classification and diagnosis of Alzheimer disease : an international perspective / edited by Theodore Hovaguimian ... [and others]
Alzheimer's disease -- Etiology -- Congresses. : Etiology of dementia of Alzheimer's type : report of the Dahlem Workshop on Etiology of Dementia of Alzheimer's Type, Berlin 1987, December 6-11 / A.S. Henderson and J.H. Henderson, editors ; rapporteurs, D.M. Bowen ... [and others] ; program advisory committee, A.S. Henderson ... [and others]
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)
