Table 1.

PubMed queries examined in this study

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (surprise OR surprising OR surprisingly), 15 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (unexpected OR unexpectedly OR counter-intuitive OR counter-intuitively OR nevertheless OR nonetheless), 34 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (amazing OR amazingly OR dramatic OR dramatically OR fantastic OR fantastically OR breakthrough OR miracle OR miraculous OR miraculously), 38 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (reversal OR reversible OR improved OR improvement), 203 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (fortuitous OR fortuitously OR “by accident” OR accidental OR accidentally OR serendipitous OR serendipitously OR “by mistake” OR mistaken OR mistakenly), 53 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (unusual OR unusually OR anomalous OR anomalously), 79 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND potential treatment, 62 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (recover OR recovery), 26 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (paradox OR paradoxical OR paradoxically), 7 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND (folk OR unconventional OR unorthodox OR new-age OR holistic OR counter-culture OR counter-cultural), 1 report

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] AND preserved, 81 reports

Alzheimer AND case reports[pt] Publication Date 1950-1990 inclusive.

Queries were entered into pubmed.gov during October and November 2018.