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Title: The progression of early onset Alzheimer's disease compared to late onset is:
Post by: popbut on Jan 20, 2018
The progression of early onset Alzheimer's disease compared to late onset is:
 
  a. about the same
  b. far slower in early onset
  c. somewhat slower in early onset
  d. much faster in early onset


Title: The progression of early onset Alzheimer's disease compared to late onset is:
Post by: tsugg1 on Jan 20, 2018
D
Early onset Alzheimer's progresses at a much faster rate than late onset Alzheimer's. However, early onset Alzheimer's is fairly rare, occurring in only 10 of all Alzheimer's cases. It is also more likely to follow a single gene inheritance pattern.