Biological ages of adult men and women with Down's syndrome and its changes with aging

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 89-103

  Nakamura, Eitaro ^a   Tanaka, Sinsuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological age; Down's syndrome; Premature aging; Principal component model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREMATURE AGING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TRISOMY 21;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032531196     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0047-6374(98)00081-5     Document Type: Article

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