TY - JOUR AU - Strittmatter, Warren J. T1 - Alzheimer’s disease: the new promise PY - 2012/04/02/ AB - Clinical vignette: A 59-year-old aeronautical engineer is referred to you for evaluation because of increasing difficulty with job performance over the last several years. Difficulty managing home finances, getting lost driving, and forgetting appointments have become common. Previously outgoing, he is now depressed and irritable. After appropriate neurologic assessment, including brain imaging and metabolic studies, you make the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia and are asked by the patient’s family what treatment is available. JF - The Journal of Clinical Investigation JA - J Clin Invest SN - 0021-9738 DO - 10.1172/JCI62745 VL - 122 IS - 4 UR - https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI62745 SP - 1191 EP - 1191 PB - The American Society for Clinical Investigation ER -