Alois Alzheimer | |
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 Official Portrait of Alois Alzheimer | |
| Born | 14 June 1864 |
| Died | 19 December 1915 (aged 51) |
| Education | |
| Known for | First published case of "presenile dementia" (Alzheimer's disease) |
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Cecilie Simonette Nathalie Geisenheimer
(m. 1894; died 1901) |
| Children | 3 |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | Psychiatrist, physician |
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| Sub-specialties | Neuropathology |
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Alois Alzheimer (/ˈæltshaɪmər/ ALTS-hy-mər, US also /ˈɑːlts-, ˈɔːlts-/ AHLTS-, AWLTS-,[1][2] German: [ˈaːlɔɪs ˈʔaltshaɪmɐ]; 14 June 1864 – 19 December 1915) was a German psychiatrist, neuropathologist and colleague of Emil Kraepelin. He is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin later identified as Alzheimer's disease.[3]
- ^ Jones, Daniel (2011). Roach, Peter; Setter, Jane; Esling, John (eds.). "Alzheimer's disease". Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (18th ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-15255-6.
- ^ "Alzheimer's disease". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ^ Berrios, G. E. (1 November 1990). "Alzheimer's disease: A conceptual history". International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 5 (6): 355–65. doi:10.1002/gps.930050603. ISSN 1099-1166. S2CID 145155424.