title: Alzheimer's disease research at Johns Hopkins.
abstract: The emergence of Alzheimer's disease from relative obscurity to front-page news is related to the increased life expectancy and increased proportion of the population over 65 years old. About 8 percent of the US elderly population suffer from the disease.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Rovner
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Folstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012106:Research; D014481:United States