Alois Alzheimer and vascular brain disease: Arteriosclerotic atrophy of the brain
Alois Alzheimer is best known for his description of neurofibrillary changes in brain neurons of a demented patient, identifying a novel disease, soon named after him by Kraepelin. However, the range of his studies was broad, including vascular brain diseases, published between 1894 and 1902. Alzhei...
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Language: | English |
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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
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Series: | Dementia & Neuropsychologia |
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