CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings March 28, 2015
That we understand . Early onset disease is defined by the age of onset, but we have learned in recent years that it is probably the same underlying disease process. Having said that, a person who was affected with alzheimers disease in his armor 50s versus somebody in the 80s may have different contributions to the clinical picture. They look the same. They are forgetful and they develop problems with thinking and activities with daily living, but in the older person, there is that tangles and some other pathologies and vascular disease. In the younger onset person, it is more likely to be a ...