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Dr Lucio D’Anna
Dementech
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
Dr Lucio D’Annadefines Alzheimer’s disease as adegenerative diseasethat is caused by an abnormal build up of proteins, causing cognitive decline.
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Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease secondary to abnormal build-up of proteins inside the brain. At the beginning of disease, people with Alzheimer's may present amemory lossor confusion. And as soon after, the disease will progress, will develop a more severe cognitive decline including severe memory loss, confusion, disorientation, problem with the language and severe impairment with day to day task.
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