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Mini-stroke And Alzheimer's Disease
Senile dementia - Alzheimer's type (SDAT); SDAT
Symptoms
Dementia symptoms include difficulty with many areas of mental function, including:
- Language
- Memory
- Perception
- Emotional behavior or personality
- Cognitive skills (such as calculation, abstract thinking, or judgment)
Dementia usually first appears as forgetfulness.
Mild cognitive impairment is the stage between normal forgetfulness due to aging, and the development of AD. People with MCI have mild problems with thinking and memory...
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Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Alzheimer's Disease
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Treatment Options for Alzheimer's Disease
Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Alzheimer's Disease
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Mini-strokes happen before 1 in 8 strokes: study
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