title: Dementia: Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Dementia is a common condition that will increase as the average age of the population increases. It is a syndrome with major health and social implications. There are many different types of dementia and the effects of the illness relate to which parts of the brain are affected. This article looks at the types of brain damage that occur, and focuses on Alzheimer's disease.
authors.affiliation: Leverndale Hospital, Glasgow.
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D017677:Age Distribution; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology