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Dementia in people with an intellectual disability

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2004

Shoumitro Deb
Shoumitro Deb
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
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Extract

Medical advances and improved living conditions mean that people who have an intellectual disability (ID), characterized by lifelong limited intellectual, social and vocational capabilities, are living longer. There has been a concomitant increase in the prevalence of age-associated diseases, including dementia.

Type
Neuropsychiatry of old age
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , May 2003 , pp. 137 - 144
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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