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Editor(s)-in-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S.,M.D. [1] Phone:617-632-7753; Angela Botts, M.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Geriatric Medicine
Overview
Memory loss can be caused by many things.
- Alzheimer's disease is an illness which can cause mild to severe memory loss.
- Parkinson's disease is a genetic defect which can always result in memory loss.
- Huntington's disease is an inherited disease which can result in memory loss.
- Chemotherapy using cytotoxic drugs to treat cancer
- stress related activities are another factor which can result in memory loss.
- It is also caused by concussion.
See also
- Amnesia
- Memory and aging
- Memory bias