@article{TorrecillaGómez:14867,
author = "Torrecilla Gómez, Lidia and Vellisca González, María
Yolanda and Latorre, José Ignacio",
title = "{Demencia: breve recorrido histórico y análisis de la
demencia tipo alzheimer}",
year = "2014",
note = "1.1 Abstract It is a milestone for humanity than the life
expectancy of the world population has reached its maximum
about the past, and it is hoped that the near future will
increase. The downside is that they also increase the
diseases associated with old age and some as devastating as
dementia or Alzheimer's disease that attacks the
fundamentals of the individual: memory, thinking, language,
communication skills etc. In 2010 the World Health
Organization (hereinafter WHO) indicated that appears every
4 seconds a new case of dementia and by 2050 it is expected
that the total number of people affected by dementia is of
115'4 million. In the list of leading causes of death
worldwide, dementias are at the top. Therefore, and for
more reasons outlined below, it is important to know what
kind of disease we face in order to try to raise awareness
and increase the number of investigations and studies to
unravel the secrets behind this type of neurodegenerative
diseases.",
}