Down syndrome and dementia

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-53

  Kozma, Chahira ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Down syndrome; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; ESTROGEN; GALANTAMINE; MEMANTINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIVASTIGMINE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TACRINE;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHROMOSOME 21; DEMENTIA; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOWN SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG MECHANISM; HEALTH CARE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KARYOTYPE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 39149089264     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TGR.0000311405.01555.3b     Document Type: Review

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