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memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease

Clinical manifestations: 1) amnestic memory impairment 2) difficulty recalling recently learned information 3) no benefit from cueing 4) recent memory more impaired than remote memory; however, remote memory also deteriorate with progression of disease 5) semantic memory & episodic memory are affected

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Alzheimer's disease (AD) memory

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memory impairment

References

  1. Kristi Wagner Steh, West Los Angeles VA, GRECC, Dec 2003
  2. Cummings JL, The Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Martine Dunitz LTD, Taylor & Francis Group, London (2003)
  3. Mendez MF & Cummings JL, Dementia: A Clinical Approach, Butterworth & Heinemann, Philadelphia (2003)