Causes of age-related decline in adaptive behavior of adults with Down syndrome: Differential diagnoses of dementia

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-183

  Prasher, V P ^a,b   Chung, Man Cheung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 10144222884     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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