Fetal position in Alzheimer’s disease. An anatomic body remodelling due to retrogenesis

Abstract

Acquired fetal position by patients in end stage Alzheimer’s disease is a quite common sign. The theory of retrogenesis was proposed to explain this anatomic remodelling of the human body.

Keywords

• fetal position
• Alzheimer’s disease
• degenerative mechanisms
• anatomic remodelling
• retrogenesis