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2. Early-onset Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia; it usually occurs in old age. Familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD or EOFAD for early onset) is an inherited and uncommon form of AD. Familial AD usually strikes earlier in life, defined as before the age of 65.

3. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   Regarding incidence, cohort longitudinal studies (studies where a disease-free population is followed over the years) provide rates between 10 and 15 per thousand person-years for all dementias and 5–8 for AD, [236] [237] which means that half of new dementia cases each year are Alzheimer's disease. Advancing age is a primary risk factor for ...

4. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

5. Surprising (and treatable) conditions that can mimic dementia

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   Many minor and treatable problems can affect memory and mimic signs of dementia. So it’s important to talk to the doctor about whatever unusual symptoms your loved one may be experiencing.

6. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   Many causes of dementia are neurodegenerative, and protein misfolding is a cardinal feature of these. [66] Other common causes include vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia, and mixed dementia (commonly Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia).

7. Neurodegenerative disease - Wikipedia

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   Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that results in the loss of neurons and synapses in the cerebral cortex and certain subcortical structures, resulting in gross atrophy of the temporal lobe, parietal lobe, and parts of the frontal cortex and cingulate gyrus. [14]