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   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: RQFTCICR14 Game 1, Rounds 7-8 - Alzh   
   06 Feb 23 22:20:37   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 1, Round 7 - Science - Alzheimer's Disease   
   >   
   > 1. Within 4 years, in which year was Alzheimer's disease first   
   >    described by German doctor Alois Alzheimer?   
      
   1904   
      
   > 2. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was widely believed that exposure   
   >    to what metallic element might be a principal cause of   
   >    Alzheimer's?   
      
   Aluminium   
      
   > 3. More recently, what protein, which forms solid plaques in the   
   >    brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, has been targeted as the   
   >    principal culprit in causing Alzheimer's?   
      
   Amolyde   
      
   > 7. Early-onset Alzheimer's is a rarer form of the disease, where   
   >    symptoms occur earlier than usually observed.  It can produce   
   >    symptoms in those as young as 15, but what is the usual cutoff   
   >    age under which Alzheimer's is considered to be "early onset"?   
      
   50   
      
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