Health care concerns and guidelines for adults with Down syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 100-110

  Van Allen, Margot I ^a   Fung, Julian ^b   Jurenka, Stania B ^b  

^a Provincial Medical Genetics Program   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adults with Down syndrome; Down syndrome; Health care screening; Natural history of Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRESENILE DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0033603146     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990625)89:2<100::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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