The life expectancy for people with Down syndrome has increased dramatically over the past two generations leading to these young people having changing needs in terms of social, economic and personal life. Encompassed within this, is the successful transition from school to post-school, a time of...
Virtually all adults with Down syndrome (DS) show the neuropathological changes of Alzheimer disease (AD) by the age of 40 years. This association is partially due to overexpression of amyloid precursor protein, encoded by APP, as a result of the locatio
The marked increase in life-expectancy in Down syndrome since the 1990s, although a very good sign in itself, raises important questions regarding the health issues, cognitive involution and social and professional inclusion of people with the condition. In this text, a large group of leading spec...
Life expectancy for adults with Down syndrome was calculated from data for 1610 liveborn affected individuals identified in over 1500 000 consecutive live births in British Columbia from 1908 to 1981. Survival to 68 years of age, predicted from the available data, is better than in previous estim...
Down syndrome (DS), caused by trisomy 21, is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability and is associated with a greatly increased risk of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The Ts65Dn mouse model of DS exhibits several key features of the disease including developmental dela...
Background Numeracy development is widely accepted as critical for adults in the general community which is equally the case for adults with Down syndrome. This paper reports some of the findings of a study including the research question: What is the justification for numeracy development for adult...
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will not be there anymore (".")..From a biopsychosocial perspective, to investigate the daily life of ageing people with Down Syndrome over 45 years old in order to identify the most important issues in better planning for their future..A cross-sectional Italian national study was carried out...
Recurrent cerebral embolism in a young adult with Down's syndrome. A case report PubMed comprises more than 22 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include link... S Ishida,M Date,Y Doi,... - 《Journal of ...
The 2006 edited text of Adults With Down Syndrome provides an informative perspective on the characteristics, experiences, opportunities, and challenges of this population, as well as services that can enhance their quality of life. Siegfried M. Pueschel, MD, is the editor and coauthor, and ...