En form av presenil demens som vanligen beror på kronisk, nedbrytande hjärnsjukdom. I sjukdomsbilden ingår för tidigt inträdande av senilitet, förvirring och talrubbningar. Förtviningen av nervceller i hjärnan har likheter med för tidigt åldrande. Dubbelt så många kvinnor som män tycks drabbas.
A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of MEMORY, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe APRAXIAS and a global loss of cognitive abilities. The condition primarily occurs after age 60, and is marked pathologically by severe cortical atrophy and the triad of SENILE PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; and NEUROPIL THREADS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1049-57)
Åldersdemens — Presenil demens — Presenil Alzheimers sjukdom
Alzheimer Dementia — Alzheimer Dementias — Dementia, Alzheimer — Alzheimer's Disease — Dementia, Senile — Senile Dementia — Dementia, Alzheimer Type — Alzheimer Type Dementia — Alzheimer-Type Dementia (ATD) — Alzheimer Type Dementia (ATD) — Dementia, Alzheimer-Type (ATD) — Alzheimer Type Senile Dementia — Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia — Dementia, Primary Senile Degenerative — Alzheimer Sclerosis — Sclerosis, Alzheimer — Alzheimer Syndrome — Alzheimer's Diseases — Alzheimer Diseases — Alzheimers Diseases — Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type — Acute Confusional Senile Dementia — Senile Dementia, Acute Confusional — Dementia, Presenile — Presenile Dementia — Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset — Late Onset Alzheimer Disease — Alzheimer's Disease, Focal Onset — Focal Onset Alzheimer's Disease — Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD) — Alzheimer Disease, Familial (FAD) — Familial Alzheimer Diseases (FAD) — Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset — Early Onset Alzheimer Disease — Presenile Alzheimer Dementia