Behavioural Excesses and Deficits Associated with Dementia in Adults who have Down Syndrome

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 208-216

  Oliver, Chris ^a   Kalsy, Sunny ^b   Mcquillan, Sharna ^a   Hall, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b South Birmingham Community Health   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behaviour; Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Assessment; Dementia; Down syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954555801     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2010.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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