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Dementia in people with an intellectual disability
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2004
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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.
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- Neuropsychiatry of old age
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