Observations in a preliminary open trial of estradiol therapy for senile dementia-alzheimer's type

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 337-345

  Fillit, Howard ^a   Weinreb, Herman ^a   Cholst, Ina ^b   Luine, Victoria ^a   McEwen, Bruce ^a   Amador, Roberto ^c   Zabriskie, John ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Unversidad Nacional ^*  (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ESTRADIOL;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BONE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG THERAPY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MOOD; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENILE DEMENTIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THERAPY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; UTERINE NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0022525677     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(86)90019-3     Document Type: Article

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