Importance of dementia and Alzheimer's disease(AD): On Earth, there is a "country" that we call Dementia with around 50 million inhabitants and an estimated global economic cost of US $1 trillion(Wimo et...Importance of dementia and Alzheimer's disease(AD): On Earth, there is a "country" that we call Dementia with around 50 million inhabitants and an estimated global economic cost of US $1 trillion(Wimo et al., 2017).AD may contribute to 60–70% of cases, with other major forms of dementia being vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and a group of diseases that contribute to frontotemporal dementia.However, the boundaries between different forms of dementia are indistinct and mixed forms often co-exist, which are only confirmed after postmortem neuropathological studies(Fernandez-Vega et al., 2015).展开更多
Relevance of Alzheimer’s disease（AD）：AD is one of the greatest health-care challenges of the 21^st century.It is known to be the most common neurodegenerative disease and,in the United States,the sixth most common...Relevance of Alzheimer’s disease（AD）：AD is one of the greatest health-care challenges of the 21^st century.It is known to be the most common neurodegenerative disease and,in the United States,the sixth most common cause of death.展开更多
文摘Importance of dementia and Alzheimer's disease(AD): On Earth, there is a "country" that we call Dementia with around 50 million inhabitants and an estimated global economic cost of US $1 trillion(Wimo et al., 2017).AD may contribute to 60–70% of cases, with other major forms of dementia being vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and a group of diseases that contribute to frontotemporal dementia.However, the boundaries between different forms of dementia are indistinct and mixed forms often co-exist, which are only confirmed after postmortem neuropathological studies(Fernandez-Vega et al., 2015).
文摘Relevance of Alzheimer’s disease（AD）：AD is one of the greatest health-care challenges of the 21^st century.It is known to be the most common neurodegenerative disease and,in the United States,the sixth most common cause of death.
