Reports Outline Down Syndrome Findings from G. Cipriani and Colleagues (Aging With Down Syndrome: The Dual Diagnosis: Alzheimer’s Disease and Down…

Reports Outline Down Syndrome Findings from G. Cipriani and Colleagues (Aging With Down Syndrome: The Dual Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease and Down Syndrome)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Current study results on Genetic Diseases and Conditions - Down Syndrome have been published. According to news originating from Lucca, Italy, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "People with Down syndrome (DS) enjoy a longer life expectancy now than they ever have before and are therefore at greater risk of developing conditions associated with aging, including dementia. To explore the phenomenon of dementia in DS."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research, "Medline and Google Scholar searches were conducted for relevant articles, chapters, and books published until 2017. Search terms included Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, dementia, DS, and trisomy 21. Publications found through this indexed search were reviewed for further references. Virtually, all subject aged 35 to 40 show key neuropathologic changes characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, but only a part of them show clinical signs of dementia, usually around the age of 50 years. Early signs of dementia in people with DS may be different from those experienced by the general population."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "Failure to recognize this can delay diagnosis and subsequent interventions."

For more information on this research see: Aging With Down Syndrome: The Dual Diagnosis: Alzheimer's Disease and Down Syndrome. American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias, 2018;33(4):253-262. American Journal of Alzheimers Disease and Other Dementias can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA (see also Genetic Diseases and Conditions - Down Syndrome).

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from G. Cipriani, Hosp Versilia, Psychiat Unit, Lucca, LU, Italy. Additional authors for this research include S. Danti, C. Carlesi and M. Di Fiorino.

Keywords for this news article include: Lucca, Italy, Europe, Central Nervous System Diseases and Conditions, Neurodegenerative Diseases and Conditions, Genetic Diseases and Conditions, Neurobehavioral Manifestations, Brain Diseases and Conditions, Diagnostics and Screening, Neurologic Manifestations, Congenital Abnormalities, Chromosome Disorders, Risk and Prevention, Health and Medicine, Mental Retardation, Alzheimer Disease, Down Syndrome, Tauopathies, Dementia.

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