Article
Neuropathological changes in Down's syndrome hippocampal formation. Effect of age and apolipoprotein E genotype.
Archives of neurology - 1 Apr 1995
Hyman B T, West H L, Rebeck G W, Lai F, Mann D M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The neuropathological changes of Alzheimer's disease occur universally in individuals with Down's syndrome as they reach middle age and worsen with increasing age. Thus, evaluation of patients of various ages with Down's syndrome allows one to construct a life history of the developme...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aging
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Dementia
- Down Syndrome
- Female
- Genotype
- Hippocampus
