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

older person with dementia

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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A newly described dementia strikes people in their last decades of life.