Dementia and Major Neurocognitive Disorders: Some Lessons Learned One Century after the first Alois Alzheimer's Clinical Notes

Donatella Rita Petretto; Gian Pietro Carrogu; Luca Gaviano; Lorenzo Pili; Roberto Pili

doi:10.3390/geriatrics6010005

Dementia and Major Neurocognitive Disorders: Some Lessons Learned One Century after the first Alois Alzheimer's Clinical Notes

Geriatrics (Basel). 2021 Jan 11;6(1):5. doi: 10.3390/geriatrics6010005.

Authors

Donatella Rita Petretto¹, Gian Pietro Carrogu^{1

2}, Luca Gaviano^{1

2}, Lorenzo Pili^{1

2}, Roberto Pili²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Education, Psychology and Philosophy, University of Cagliari, Via Is Mirrionis 1, 09127 Cagliari, Italy.
² Global Community on Longevity, Comunità Mondiale della Longevità, Selargius 09047, Italy; IERFOP Onlus, Cagliari, 09134.

Abstract

Over 100 years ago, Alois Alzheimer presented the clinical signs and symptoms of what has been later called "Alzheimer Dementia" in a young woman whose name was Augustine Deter [...].

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Editorial