Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles: A form of Alzheimer's that involves only plaques and no neurofibrillary tangles. This form tends to have an older age of onset and death and a shorter disease duration. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles is available below.
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Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles, or a subtype of Alzheimer's disease without Neurofibrillary tangles,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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