Estrogen receptor alpha and risk for cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Olsen, Line ^a   Rasmussen, Henrik B ^a   Hansen, Thomas ^a   Bagger, Yu Z ^b   Tankó, László B ^b   Qin, Gerong ^b   Christiansen, Claus ^b   Werge, Thomas ^a  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estrogen receptor alpha; Hormone replacement therapy; Memory disorders

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE PVUII; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE XBAI; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DENMARK; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENMARK; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33646850090     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ypg.0000194445.27555.71     Document Type: Article

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