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Alzheimer's Disease Research

Internet URL

http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adabout.htm

Sponsoring Agency

American Health Assistance Foundation

Description

Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, irreversible brain disorder with no known cause or cure. It attacks and slowly steals the minds of its victims. Symptoms of the disease include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, personality changes, disorientation, and loss of language skills. Always fatal, Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of irreversible dementia.

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Review Date

12/22/2003

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