Alois Alzheimer

Physician

1864 – 1915

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Who was Alois Alzheimer?

Dr. Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer was a Bavarian-born German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with identifying the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease.

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Born
Jun 14, 1864
Marktbreit
Also known as
  • Dr. Alois Alzheimer
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Education
  • University of Tübingen
  • University of Würzburg
Died
Dec 19, 1915
Wrocław

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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