Survival in elderly persons with down syndrome

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2311-2316

  Coppus, Antonia M W ^a,b   Evenhuis, Heleen M ^a   Verberne, Gert Jan ^b   Visser, Frank E ^c   Oostra, Ben A ^a   Eikelenboom, Piet ^d   Van Gool, Willem A ^d   Janssens, A Cecile J W ^a   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Dichterbij Centre for the Intellectually Disabled   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for the Intellectually Disabled   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Cognitive and functional decline; Down syndrome; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 57149130551     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01999.x     Document Type: Article

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