Dementia and mild cognitive impairment in adults with intellectual disability: Issues of diagnosis

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Krinsky McHale, Sharon J ^a   Silverman, Wayne ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Down syndrome; Intellectual disability; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT DISEASE; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDODEMENTIA; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DOWN SYNDROME; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOWN SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84893459531     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 19405529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.1126     Document Type: Article

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