familial Alzheimer disease
MONDO:0100087Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names familial Alzheimer disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A degenerative disease of the brain that causes gradual loss of memory, judgment, and the ability to function socially. About 25% of all Alzheimer disease is familial (more than 2 people in a family have AD). When Alzheimer disease begins before 60 or 65 years of age (early-onset AD) about 60% of the cases are familial (also known as Early-onset familial AD). These cases appear to be inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0100087), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: familial Alzheimer disease
- Also called
- Alzheimer disease, familialFADGARD:0000632