Cognitive skills associated with estrogen replacement in women with Alzheimer's disease

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 421-430

  Henderson, Victor W ^a,b,c   Watt, Leanne ^a   Buckwalter, J Galen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Co Univ S CA Med C   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Estrogen; Gender differences; Naming; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PIPERAZINE ESTRONE SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030152121     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4530(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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