A mysterious dementia that mimics Alzheimer’s gets named LATE
It’s possible about a quarter of people age 85 and older have the newly described disease
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MEET “LATE” A disease now dubbed LATE causes memory trouble in elderly people, similar to what’s seen in Alzheimer’s disease, but it looks different in the brain.
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