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Alzheimer dementia

Alzheimer dementia History Alois Alzheimer, professor of psychiatry and neuropathologist (14.06.1864-19.12.1915) was the first to describe the neuropathological changes post mortem in the brain of a patient (first published in 1906/1907) who suffered from severe presenile dementia, which was subs...

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