Alzheimer disease:
A) can be positively diagnosed only at autopsy.
B) is characterized by cortical plaques.
C) is associated with a loss of cholinergic cells in the basal forebrain.
D) All of the answers are correct.

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Alzheimer's disease can be diagnosed definitively only at autopsy, and it involves the accumulation of cortical plaques and tangles. It is also characterized by a loss of cholinergic cells in the basal forebrain. Therefore, all of the answers are correct.

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