NYMC Faculty Publications
Title
Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Areas Endemic for Lyme and Related Tick Borne Diseases are Now Also Being Exposed to the New Risk, of Infection with Coronavirus COVID-19
First Page
33
Last Page
34
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2020
Department
Neurology
Abstract
Alzheimer’s disease is associated with advancing memory impairment and additionally “behavior disturbances and profound deterioration of daily life activities” [1]. Dementia is a disease most frequently associated with individuals of advancing age [2]. Alzheimer’s disease is most frequently associated with dementia in elderly patients [2]. This disease is “morphologically characterized by extracellular beta-amyloid plaque deposition, intra-neuronal tau pathology, neuronal death vascular dysfunction and inflammatory processes” [2].
Recommended Citation
Ollar, R. A. (2020). Alzheimer’s Disease Patients in Areas Endemic for Lyme and Related Tick Borne Diseases are Now Also Being Exposed to the New Risk, of Infection with Coronavirus COVID-19. EC Neurology, 12 (5), 33-34. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/nymc_fac_pubs/2509
