A Prospective Study of Alzheimer Disease in Down Syndrome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1989, Pages 849-853

  Lai, Florence ^a   Williams, Roger S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENILE PLAQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024370171     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1989.00520440031017     Document Type: Article

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