A healthcare professional reads in a patient’s chart that the patient shows behaviors suggestive of neurofibrillary tangles. What information does the healthcare professional plan to provide the spouse?
a. The patient will probably develop seizures.
b. The patient will lose all motor function.
c. The patient will have a gradual decline in function.
d. The patient’s intracranial pressure will rise.
Ans: c. The patient will have a gradual decline in function.
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