Also known as Aloys Alzheimer
German psychiatrist and neuropathologist (1864–1915)
Alois Alzheimer was a German doctor who studied the brain and mental illness in the late 1800s and early 1900s. He is remembered for identifying the disease that now bears his name, Alzheimer's disease, which causes memory loss and cognitive decline in older adults.
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Alois Alzheimer (/ˈɑːltshaɪmər/ AHLTS-hy-mər, 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.
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