The controversy over levels of sex steroids in cases with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 93-94

  Hogervorst, Eva ^a,b   Bandelow, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Assays; Cognition; Oestrogens; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NOTE; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SELECTION BIAS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 1342269095     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-8194.2004.01134.x     Document Type: Note

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