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Edited by Robert D. Terry, Robert Katzman, and Katherine L. Bick. 472 pp., illustrated. New York, Raven Press, 1994. $139. ISBN 0-7817-0081-7.

Alzheimer's disease, a major health problem, can have devastating consequences. In its early stages there is subtle loss of memory, which then worsens inexorably over five to seven years to a virtual vegetative state, robbing the patient of humanity, and necessitating total care. The incidence of the illness is approximately 10 percent in the population over 65 years of age and increases progressively with age. Its economic costs are staggering, with estimates as high as $90 billion yearly.

Alzheimer Disease is a multiauthored monograph on all aspects of the illness. It is an update of a symposium-based monograph that was . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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