Down syndrome and Alzheimer's disease: Children grow older

General Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 420-422

  Waldman, H Barry ^a   Perlman, Steven P ^b   Roesch, Robert E ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DENTAL CARE; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DENTAL CARE FOR CHRONICALLY ILL; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 52149108304     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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