Calcification of the basal ganglia in Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease
β Scribed by D. M. A. Mann
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 629 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6322
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## Abstract Down syndrome (DS) is characterized by increased mortality rates, both during early and later stages of life, and ageβspecific mortality risk remains higher in adults with DS compared with the overall population of people with mental retardation and with typically developing populations