Down Syndrome Web Portal
Alzheimer's disease
General web sites on Alzheimer's disease
- Alzheimer's disease (MedlinePlus)
- Alzheimer's disease (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Alzheimer's disease (NIH senior health)
- Alzheimer's disease fact sheet (National Institute on Aging)
- Alzheimer's disease: unraveling the mystery (National Institute on Aging)
- NINDS Alzheimer's disease information page (NINDS)
- What is Alzheimers (alz.org)
- What is Alzheimer's disease? (alzheimers.org.uk)
- Alzheimer's disease (National Center on Caregiving)
- Alzheimer's: searching for a cure (FDA)
- Alzheimer's resource room (aoa.gov)
Alzheimer's disease and Down syndrome
- Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease pdf (Down's Syndrome Assoc., UK)
- Adults with Down syndrome (ds-health.com)
- Alzheimer disease: A health risk of growing older with Down syndrome (altonweb.com)
- Alzheimer's disease in individuals with Down syndrome (emedicine.com)
- Differential diagnosis of functional decline in Down syndrome (altonweb.com)
- Aging and its consequences for people with Down's syndrome (dsrf.co.uk)
Alzheimers associations and foundations
- Alzheimer's association (alz.org)
- Alzheimer's disease international (alz.co.uk)
- Alzheimer's society (alzheimers.org.uk)
- List of Alzheimer's associations worldwide (alz.co.uk)
- National Institute of Aging (nia.nih.gov)
- Alzheimer Foundation of America (alzfdn.org)
- Alzheimer Society (alzheimer.ca)
Research articles and abstracts
- Behavioural characteristics associated with dementia assessment referrals in adults with Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Executive dysfunction and its association with personality and behaviour changes in the development of Alzheimer's disease in adults with Down syndrome and mild to moderate learning disabilities (PubMed)
- Fifteen-year follow-up of 92 hospitalized adults with Down's syndrome: incidence of cognitive decline, its relationship to age and neuropathology(PubMed)
- Alzheimer's disease in Down syndrome: neurobiology and risk (PubMed)
- Elevated plasma beta-amyloid peptide Abeta(42) levels, incident dementia, and mortality in Down syndrome (PubMed)
- Dementia screening questionnaire for individuals with intellectual disabilities(PubMed)
- Possible compensatory events in adult Down syndrome brain prior to the development of Alzheimer disease neuropathology: targets for nonpharmacological intervention (PubMed)
- Down syndrome, Alzheimers disease and seizures (PubMed)
- Health co-morbidities in ageing persons with Down syndrome and Alzheimer's dementia (PubMed)
- Alzheimer dementia in Down's syndrome: The relevance of cognitive ability (PubMed)
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