A four year prospective study of age-related cognitive change in adults with Down's syndrome

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1365-1377

  Oliver, C ^a   Crayton, L ^b   Holland, A ^b   Hall, S ^b   Bradbury, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031796972     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007417     Document Type: Article

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