Dementia in adults with Down syndrome: Diagnostic challenges

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-145

  Burt, Diana B ^a   Loveland, Katherine A ^a   Primeaux Hart, Sharon ^a   Chen, Yuan Who ^a   Phillips, Nathalie Breen ^a   Cleveland, Lynne A ^a,b   Lewis, Kay R ^a   Lesser, Jary ^a   Cummings, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTIVATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031658244     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0895-8017(1998)103<0130:DIAWDS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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