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Postgraduate Medicine Volume 117, 2005 - Issue 5
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Is it Alzheimer's disease or something else?

10 disorders that may feature impaired memory and cognition

Anna M. Barrett Dr Barrett was associate professor of neurology and neural and behavioral sciences, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey. She is now director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Research Program, Kessler Medical Rehabilitation Research and Education Corporation, West Orange, New Jersey.Correspondence[email protected].
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Pages 47-53 | Published online: 30 Jun 2015
 
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Patients who have the classic combination of progressive memory loss and problems retrieving stored knowledge that is characteristic of Alzheimer's disease may actually have another, treatable disorder. In these cases, appropriate evaluation can reveal the true diagnosis and guide therapy to stabilize or improve thinking and avert other complications. In this article, Dr Barrett explores 10 conditions that may be mistaken for Alzheimer's disease.

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