Healthcare issues in aging adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities

Clinical Geriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 30-35

  Tyler Jr , Carl V ^a   Noritz, Garey ^a  

^a FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BACLOFEN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CARBAMAZEPINE; DANTROLENE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; ETIRACETAM; FELBAMATE; MACROLIDE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PETHIDINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIZANIDINE; TOPIRAMATE; TRAMADOL; WARFARIN;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APLASTIC ANEMIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EPILEPSY; GERIATRIC CARE; GINGIVA HYPERPLASIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOMALACIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPASTICITY;

EID: 70449394673     PISSN: 10951598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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