Gender, cognitive decline, and risk of AD in older persons

Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1777-1781

  Barnes, Lisa L ^a,b,c   Wilson, R S ^a,b   Schneider, J A ^a   Bienias, J L ^b   Evans, D A ^b   Bennett, D A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ESTROGEN;

AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLERGY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0038792282     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000065892.67099.2A     Document Type: Article

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