Alzheimer's+Disease-Description

**Alzheimer's Disease**
[|Alzheimer's disease] is a condition in which the brain slowly dies. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of demetia. People with this disease slowly lose their judgement, thinking, and reasoning ability, or cognition.

Kelly, Evelyn B.. //Alzheimer's disease//. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2008. Print.

History
Alzheimer's disease goes back far in history. Alois Alzheimer began studying this disease in marchj of 1907. When he started studying the disease he used Mrs. B.A. who was 65 as his test subject. At first they called this disease presentile dementia. Later on Alois passed his studies down. After being past down, Kraeplin changed the official title to Alzheier's Disease after Alois Alzheimer.

Kelly, Evelyn B.. //Alzheimer's disease//. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 2008. Print.



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