Weight loss in adults with Down syndrome and with dementia in Alzheimer's disease

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Prasher, V P ^a   Metseagharun, T ^a   Haque, S ^b  

^a The Greenfields   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Down syndrome; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; POPULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0345743649     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.04.005     Document Type: Article

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