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Rediscovery of the case described by Alois Alzheimer in 1911: historical, histological and molecular genetic analysis.
Neurogenetics - 1 May 1997
Graeber M B, Kösel S, Egensperger R, Banati R B, Müller U, Bise K, Hoff P, Möller H J, Fujisawa K, Mehraein P
Abstract excerpt
In 1911, Alois Alzheimer published a detailed report (Zbl. ges. Neurol. Psych. 4: 356-385) on a peculiar case of the disease that had been named after him by Emil Kraepelin in 1910. Alzheimer describes a 56-year-old male patient (Johann F.) who suffered from presenile dementia and who was hospitalized in Kraepelin's clinic for more than 3 years. Post-mortem examination of the patient's brain revealed numerous...
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