Characteristics of Adults with Down Syndrome: prevalence of age-related conditions

Characteristics of Adults with Down Syndrome: prevalence of age-related conditions

Introduction. In the last decades, life expectancy of persons with Down syndrome (DS) has dramatically increased and it is estimated that they will be living as long as the general population within a generation. Despite being included among the progeroid syndromes, because of the presence of featur...

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Main Authors: Angelo eCarfì, Manuela eAntocicco, Vincenzo eBrandi, Camilla eCipriani, Francesca eFiore, Donatella eMascia, Silvana eSettanni, Davide Liborio eVetrano, Roberto eBernabei, Graziano eOnder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
Aging
Down Syndrome
Geriatric Assessment
premature
geriatric syndromes
multimorbidity
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmed.2014.00051/full

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