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Multi‐infarct dementia in Down's syndrome
Author(s) -
COLLACOTT R. A.,
COOPER S.A.,
ISMAIL I. A.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.1994.tb00375.x
Subject(s) - dementia , disease , down syndrome , medicine , alzheimer's disease , vascular dementia , psychiatry , psychology , pediatrics
. In spite of a burgeoning literature on the association of Down's syndrome with Alzheimer's disease, the occurrence of multi‐infarct dementia has largely been overlooked. A 55‐year‐old woman with Down's syndrome in whom a dementing process was associated with evidence of significant cerebrovascular disease is reported here. It is considered that she sustained both multi‐infarct dementia and probable Alzheimer's disease. It is suggested that such cases are under‐reported