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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Alzheimer Disease
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Enfermedad de Alzheimer
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença de Alzheimer
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Synonyms English:
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Dementia, Senile
Acute Confusional Senile Dementia
Dementia, Alzheimer Type
Presenile Alzheimer Dementia
Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type
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Tree Number:
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C10.228.140.380.100
C10.574.945.249
F03.087.400.100
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Definition English:
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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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See Related English:
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Amyloid beta-Protein
Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
Aphasia, Primary Progressive
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
Neurofilament Proteins
tau Proteins
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History Note English:
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1998(1963); for DEMENTIA, PRESENILE and DEMENTIA, PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE SENILE use DEMENTIA 1981-1999; for DEMENTIA SENILE use DEMENTIA 1966-1999
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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545
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Unique Identifier:
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D000544
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