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Clinical Approach The etiology of Alzheimer dementia is an unknown but Alzheimer disease has a genetic component. The risk of developing the disease for an individual in a family with Alzheimer disease increases by a factor of 3 or 4. The gene that codes for apoprotein E seems to be associated with some prediction. The pathologic changes in the brains of Alzheimer disease patients include neurofibrillary tangles with a deposition of abnormal amyloid in the brain. 第三十页，共五十八页。 Amyloid Precursor Protein A-? Neurofibrillary Tangles A-? Aggregation Neuron Death Basal Forebrain and Brainstem