Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-xxrs7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-29T02:03:32.239Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Down's syndrome, longevity, and Alzheimer's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

V. P. Prasher*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry Birmingham University Queen Elizabeth Psychiatric Hospital Mindelsohn Way Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2QZ
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Columns
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

References

Rowe, I. F., Ridler, M. A. C. & Gibberd, F. B. (1989) Presenile dementia associated with mosaic trisomy 21 in a patient with a Down syndrome child. Lancet, ii, 229.Google Scholar
Sylvester, P. E. (1986) The anterior commissure in Down's syndrome. Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 30, 1926.Google Scholar
Whalley, L. J. (1982) The dementia of Down's syndrome and its relevance to aetiological studies of Alzheimer's disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 396, 3953.Google Scholar
Wisniewski, K. E., Wisniewski, H. M. & Wen, G. Y. (1985) Occurrence of neuropathological changes and dementia of Alzheimer's disease in Down's syndrome. Annals of Neurology, 17, 278282.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.