Age of Onset and Duration of Dementia in People with Down Syndrome - Integration of 98 Reported Cases in the Literature
V.H.R. Krishnan
Bok Engelsk 1993
| Utgitt | VP Prasher Univ Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Psy , 1993
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| Opplysninger | Abstract The published case reports of 98 people with Down Syndrome were studied with respect to the age of onset and duration of clinically diagnosed dementia. The incidence of dementia was unimodal, increasing rapidly from 40 years to a peak of 30% incidence en the fifth decade of life , followed by a further rapid decline. Females with Dawn Syndrome had an earlier onset. Duration of dementia decreased with increasing age of onset for both males and females.
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