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== overview ==
== overview ==
== historical perspective ==
== historical perspective ==
* In 1901 when Alöis Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist, identified the first case of what became known as Alzheimer's disease in a fifty-year-old woman whom he referred to as Auguste D.
* Alöis Alzheimer followed her until she died in 1906, at which point he reported the case publicly for the first time<ref name="pmid3331112">{{cite journal| author=| title=About a peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex. By Alois Alzheimer, 1907 (Translated by L. Jarvik and H. Greenson) | journal=Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord | year= 1987 | volume= 1 | issue= 1 | pages= 3-8 | pmid=3331112 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3331112  }} </ref>
== classification ==
== classification ==
== pathophysiology ==
== pathophysiology ==

Revision as of 16:10, 17 May 2020

overview

historical perspective

  • In 1901 when Alöis Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist, identified the first case of what became known as Alzheimer's disease in a fifty-year-old woman whom he referred to as Auguste D.
  • Alöis Alzheimer followed her until she died in 1906, at which point he reported the case publicly for the first time[1]

classification

pathophysiology

causes

risk factors

natural history, complications, and prognosis

diagnosis

treatment

related chapters

  1. "About a peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex. By Alois Alzheimer, 1907 (Translated by L. Jarvik and H. Greenson)". Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1 (1): 3–8. 1987. PMID 3331112.