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Trends in Intellectual Development in Down Syndrome

Trends in Intellectual Development, and Diverging Verbal and Non-verbal Abilities in the Down Syndrome Phenotype

Status
Unknown
Phase
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
60 (estimated)
Sponsor
National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
3 Months – 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Previous foreign studies revealed that the IQ in Down syndrome (DS) declines with age, but not any investigation of domestic data in Taiwan was available. Individuals with DS are characterized by limited verbal development, and in this article, authors look into the diverging verbal-nonverbal abilities in the DS phenotype.

Detailed description

The present study investigated this by analysis the test results of development /intelligence scales. To compare initial cross-sectional data with longitudinal follow-up, about 12 people with DS were included.

Conditions

Timeline

Start date
2009-05-01
Primary completion
2009-12-01
Completion
2010-12-01
First posted
2009-08-07
Last updated
2010-03-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan

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