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Alois Alzheimer

Alois Alzheimer
Official Portrait of Alois Alzheimer
Born(1864-06-14)14 June 1864
Died19 December 1915(1915-12-19) (aged 51)
Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
(present-day Wrocław, Poland)
Education
Known forFirst published case of "presenile dementia" (Alzheimer's disease)
Spouse
Cecilie Simonette Nathalie Geisenheimer
(m. 1894; died 1901)
Children3
Medical career
ProfessionPsychiatrist, physician
Institutions
Sub-specialtiesNeuropathology
Signature

Alois Alzheimer (/ˈæltshmər/ 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Alzheimer's disease". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
  3. ^ 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.

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