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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disorder manifested by cognitive and memory deterioration, progressive impairment of activities of daily living, and a variety of neuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioral disturbances. Prevalence studies suggest that in 2000 the number of persons with Alzheimer's disease in the United States was 4.5 million.¹ The percentage of persons with Alzheimer's disease increases by a factor of two with approximately every five years of age, meaning that 1 percent of 60-year-olds and about 30 percent of 85-year-olds have the disease.² Without advances in therapy, the number of symptomatic cases in the United States is . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Diagnosis

Pathophysiology

Treatment

Antiamyloid Therapies

Neuroprotective Approaches

Antioxidants

Memantine

Antiinflammatory Agents

Hormone-Replacement Therapy

Cholinesterase Inhibitors

Other Treatments for Cognitive Deterioration

Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Behavioral Disturbances

Health Maintenance and General Medical Treatment

Alliance with Caregivers

Conclusions

Source Information

From the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Cummings at Reed Neurological Research Center, UCLA, 710 Westwood Plaza, Box 951769, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, or at jcummings@mednet.ucla.edu.

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