memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease
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Clinical manifestations
- amnestic memory impairment
- difficulty recalling recently learned information
- no benefit from cueing
- recent memory more impaired than remote memory; however, remote memory also deteriorate with progression of disease
- semantic memory & episodic memory are affected
More general terms
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References
- ↑ Kristi Wagner Steh, West Los Angeles VA, GRECC, Dec 2003
- ↑ Cummings JL, The Neuropsychiatry of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias, Martine Dunitz LTD, Taylor & Francis Group, London (2003)
- ↑ Mendez MF & Cummings JL, Dementia: A Clinical Approach, Butterworth & Heinemann, Philadelphia (2003)