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Alzheimer's Disease
Frequently Asked Questions
11. How is Alzheimer's disease
diagnosed?
Today, the only definitive way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease is
to find out whether there are plaques and tangles in brain tissue.
To look at brain tissue, doctors perform a brain autopsy, which is
an examination of the brain done after a person dies.
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