Alzheimer's Overview

Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disorder named for German physician Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in 1906. Scientists have learned a great deal about Alzheimer’s disease in the century since Dr. Alzheimer first drew attention to it. Click on the link below to view the entire article.

http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp#Introduction

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