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Is long or short term memory loss a sign of the onset of dementia or alzheimer?
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Can be: Classically loss of memory for recent events is the early sign, however one has to be careful to exclude normal forgetfulness . In advance Alzheimer's all types of memory are lost!
Answered 2/18/2015
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