Alzheimer: a peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex

What changed

Linked a distinctive clinical course in Auguste Deter to plaques and intracellular fibrillary changes.

Scientific scope

The record is the sole-author 1907 case report and its one patient. The 1906 presentation, later cases, Kraepelin’s naming, modern diagnostic criteria, molecular mechanisms and treatment claims remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the sole-author 1907 case report and its one patient. The 1906 presentation, later cases, Kraepelin’s naming, modern diagnostic criteria, molecular mechanisms and treatment claims remain separate.

Contributors

• Alois Alzheimer · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Translation and review of Alzheimer’s original case report
• Historical review of the Alzheimer discovery

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