Enfermedades degenerativas y demencia

GÓMEZ BELDARRAIN, Marian

Publication year:

2003

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISSN:

1577-8533

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Summary

Dementia is the loss of intellectual capacity in adult age that brings about a loss in autonomy in the individual. The most frequent cause it is Alzheimer´s disease, followed by vascular dementia and other degenerative diseases. Age is a hazard factor in terms of suffering from dementia, although ageing does not imply having the disease. Brain ageing can be modified by different styles of life.