Article
Gender differences in the phenotypic expression of Alzheimer's disease in Down's syndrome (trisomy 21).
Neuroreport - 27 Jun 1994
Raghavan R, Khin-Nu C, Brown A G, Day K A, Tyrer S P, Ince P G, Perry E K, Perry R H
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-eight individuals with typical Down's syndrome (DS) phenotype (17 males and 11 females; age range: 10-74 years) were investigated for gender differences in the phenotypic expression of Alzheimer-type pathology (ATP). Quantitative neuropathology was performed in the 4 neocortical lobes of the right hemisphere, by counting senile plaques (SP), and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). ATP was present in 25...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Brain
- Child
- Down Syndrome
- Female
- Humans
- Male
