High dementia risk quantified in Down syndrome

Almost all adults with trisomy 21 will eventually develop Alzheimer's neuropathology: study
Reuters Health Staff writer
karyotype Down syndrome

People with Down syndrome aged 55 have about a two in three chance of incident dementia before they reach 65, a US study suggests.

Data on nearly 3000 people with Down syndrome who had Medicaid claims in Wisconsin was analysed for the research.