Alzheimer's Disease, Down's Syndrome, and Aging: The Genetic Approach
β Scribed by F. MAROTT SINEX; RICHARD H. MYERS
- Book ID
- 118719829
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 433 KB
- Volume
- 396
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0890-6564
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In this article, we present a clinical description of Alzheimer's disease, review extant literature regarding the prevalence of dementia of the Alzheimer's type in people with Down syndrome, and discuss the relationship between Alzheimer's-type neuropathology and Alzheimer's type dementia in people
## Abstract A subset of aged individuals with Down syndrome (DS) exhibits the clinical features of Alzheimer's disease (AD) but our ability to detect dementia in this population is hampered by developmental differences as well as the sensitivity of existing test tools. Despite the apparent clinical