| Descriptor English: | Alzheimer Disease | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Enfermedad de Alzheimer
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Doença de Alzheimer | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Maladie d'Alzheimer | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Acute Confusional Senile Dementia Alzheimer Dementia Alzheimer Dementias Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset Alzheimer Disease, Familial (FAD) Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset Alzheimer Diseases Alzheimer Diseases, Familial (FAD) Alzheimer Sclerosis Alzheimer Syndrome Alzheimer Type Dementia Alzheimer Type Dementia (ATD) Alzheimer Type Senile Dementia Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Disease, Focal Onset Alzheimer's Diseases Alzheimer-Type Dementia (ATD) Alzheimers Diseases Dementia, Alzheimer Dementia, Alzheimer Type Dementia, Alzheimer-Type (ATD) Dementia, Presenile Dementia, Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia, Senile Dementias, Alzheimer Early Onset Alzheimer Disease Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD) Familial Alzheimer Diseases (FAD) Focal Onset Alzheimer's Disease Late Onset Alzheimer Disease Presenile Alzheimer Dementia Presenile Dementia Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia Sclerosis, Alzheimer Senile Dementia Senile Dementia, Acute Confusional Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type |
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| Tree number(s): |
C10.228.140.380.100 C10.574.945.249 F03.615.400.100 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000544 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of MEMORY, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe APRAXIAS and a global loss of cognitive abilities. The condition primarily occurs after age 60, and is marked pathologically by severe cortical atrophy and the triad of SENILE PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; and NEUROPIL THREADS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1049-57) |
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| Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 1998; see ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE 1984-1997, see DEMENTIA, PRESENILE 1967-1983, see PSYCHOSES, PRESENILE 1963-1966; for DEMENTIA PRESENILE and DEMENTIA, PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE, SENILE see DEMENTIA 1981-1999; for DEMENTIA, SENILE see DEMENTIA 1966-1999 |
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| History Note: | 1998(1963); for DEMENTIA, PRESENILE and DEMENTIA, PRIMARY DEGENERATIVE SENILE use DEMENTIA 1981-1999; for DEMENTIA SENILE use DEMENTIA 1966-1999 |
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| Entry Version: | ALZHEIMER DIS |
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| Related: |
Amyloid beta-Peptides
MeSH Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor MeSH Aphasia, Primary Progressive MeSH Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy MeSH Kluver-Bucy Syndrome MeSH Neurofilament Proteins MeSH tau Proteins MeSH | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 545 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D000544 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1984/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2020/01/16 |
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PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Mental Disorders [F03]Mental Disorders
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Alzheimer Disease
- Preferred
Acute Confusional Senile Dementia
- Narrower
Dementia, Presenile
- Narrower
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset
- Narrower
Alzheimer's Disease, Focal Onset
- Narrower
Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD)
- Narrower
Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset
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| Concept UI |
M0000842 |
| Scope note | A degenerative disease of the BRAIN characterized by the insidious onset of DEMENTIA. Impairment of MEMORY, judgment, attention span, and problem solving skills are followed by severe APRAXIAS and a global loss of cognitive abilities. The condition primarily occurs after age 60, and is marked pathologically by severe cortical atrophy and the triad of SENILE PLAQUES; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; and NEUROPIL THREADS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1049-57) |
| Preferred term | Alzheimer Disease |
| Entry term(s) |
Alzheimer Dementia Alzheimer Dementias Alzheimer Diseases Alzheimer Sclerosis Alzheimer Syndrome Alzheimer Type Dementia Alzheimer Type Dementia (ATD) Alzheimer Type Senile Dementia Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's Diseases Alzheimer-Type Dementia (ATD) Alzheimers Diseases Dementia, Alzheimer Dementia, Alzheimer Type Dementia, Alzheimer-Type (ATD) Dementia, Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia, Senile Dementias, Alzheimer Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia Sclerosis, Alzheimer Senile Dementia Senile Dementia, Alzheimer Type |
| Concept UI |
M0333929 |
| Preferred term | Acute Confusional Senile Dementia |
| Entry term(s) |
Senile Dementia, Acute Confusional |
| Concept UI |
M0005798 |
| Preferred term | Dementia, Presenile |
| Entry term(s) |
Presenile Dementia |
| Concept UI |
M0333941 |
| Preferred term | Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset |
| Entry term(s) |
Late Onset Alzheimer Disease |
| Concept UI |
M0333961 |
| Preferred term | Alzheimer's Disease, Focal Onset |
| Entry term(s) |
Focal Onset Alzheimer's Disease |
| Concept UI |
M0584546 |
| Preferred term | Familial Alzheimer Disease (FAD) |
| Entry term(s) |
Alzheimer Disease, Familial (FAD) Alzheimer Diseases, Familial (FAD) Familial Alzheimer Diseases (FAD) |
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M0333931 |
| Preferred term | Alzheimer Disease, Early Onset |
| Entry term(s) |
Early Onset Alzheimer Disease Presenile Alzheimer Dementia |
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