This submission will address topics 1, 2, 4 and 10 in the ostps rfi. Ad is characterized by adultonset, slowly progressive. Archive for history of psychiatry, department of psychiatry university of munich. A longitudinal presymptomatic and symptomatic study of a familial cohort. Alzheimer s disease alois alzheimer and auguste d the german psychiatrist and neuropathologist dr. Alzheimer disease ad is the most common form of chronic dementia in north america and. Emil kraepelin 18561926, a doctor in germany, classified dementia into senile dementia and presenile dementia in 1910. Alzheimers, slow the disease, and reduce its symptoms. People with alzheimers disease, mci, or a family history of alzheimers may be able to take part in.
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