Down Syndrome: Neurobehavioural Specificity

Foreword.

1 Specifi city in Down Syndrome: A New Therapeutic Criterion (J. Perera).

2 Down Syndrome: From Pathology to Pathogenesis (Krystyna E. Wisniewski, Elizabeth Kida, Adam A. Golabek, Mariusz Walus, Ausma Rabe, Sonia Palminiello, Giorgio Albertini).

3 Ageing and Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease in Down Syndrome (David Patterson).

4 Down Syndrome Specifi city in Health Issues (Alberto Rasore Quartino).

5 Neuropsychological Aspects of Down Syndrome (Lynn Nadel).

6 The Contribution of Memory to the Behavioural Phenotype of Down Syndrome (Darlynne A. Devenny).

7 Specifi c Language Profi les in Down Syndrome and other Genetic Syndromes of Mental Retardation (Jean-Adolphe Rondal).

8 Total versus Partial Specifi city in the Behaviour of Persons with Down Syndrome (Robert M. Hodapp).

9 The Emergence of a Syndrome-specifi c Personality Profi le in Young Children with Down Syndrome (Deborah J. Fidler).

10 Learning Diffi culties in Down Syndrome (Giovanni Maria Guazzo).

11 Off to a Good Start: Early Intervention for Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome and their Families (Donna Spiker).

12 Family Setting in Down Syndrome (Salvatore Soresi, Laura Nota, Lea Ferrari).

Conclusions.

Index.