Alzheimer disease type 1: A degenerative brain disease characterized primarily by progressive dementia. Type 1 has an early onset (starts before the age of 65). It is caused by mutations in the APP gene which results in the production of a toxic protein (amyloid beta peptide) in the brain which collects into clumps (amyloid plaques) in the brain. These plaques cause damage to nerve cells in the brain. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alzheimer disease type 1 is available below.
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Prognosis for Alzheimer disease type 1: course of disease can continue for up to 25 years
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Alzheimer disease type 1 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Alzheimer disease type 1, or a subtype of Alzheimer disease type 1,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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