Early menopause in women with Down's syndrome

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 264-267

  Schupf, N ^a,b   Zigman, W ^a   Kapell, D ^a   Lee, J H ^a,b   Kline, J ^b,c,d   Levin, B ^c,d  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Menopause; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030881335     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1997.tb00706.x     Document Type: Article

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