Variations in estrogen receptor α gene and risk of dementia, and brain volumes on MRI

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1129-1135

  Den Heijer, T ^a   Schuit, S C E ^a   Pols, H A P ^a   Van Meurs, J B J ^a   Hofman, A ^a   Koudstaal, P J ^a   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Uitterlinden, A G ^a   Breteler, M M B ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amygdala; Hippocampus; Steroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUCASIAN; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PVUII GENE; XBAI GENE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DEMENTIA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 11244256480     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001553     Document Type: Article

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