Emil Kraepelin (1856–1926), a doctor in Germany, classified dementia into senile dementia and presenile dementia in 1910. He was the first to name the disease as 'Alzheimer's disease', after Alois Alzheimer (1864–1915), who discovered pathological features of presenile dementia while his student.
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Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking, and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks.
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The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease — changes in thinking, remembering, reasoning, and behavior — are known as dementia. That's why Alzheimer's is sometimes ...
Alzheimer, first names "Alzheimer's Disease" in the eighth edition of his book "Psychiatrie."