A common type of disabling senile dementia that affects about 11% of the population over 65 and results in loss of reasoning and ability to care for oneself,is called
A)agnosia.
B)prosopagnosia.
C)Alzheimer disease.
D)transient ischemic attack syndrome.
E)amylotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Alzheimer disease is a common type of senile dementia that affects a significant part of the population over 65, leading to the loss of reasoning, memory, and the ability to care for oneself. Agnosia is a sensory disorder, prosopagnosia is a face recognition disorder, transient ischemic attack syndrome is a temporary interruption of the blood supply in the brain, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a degenerative motor neuron disease.

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