Estrogen therapy and cognition: A 6-year single-blind follow-up study in postmenopausal women

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 706-709

  Alhola, Paula ^a,b   Polo Kantola, Päivi ^b,c   Erkkola, Risto ^c   Portin, Raija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33747739421     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000230135.10179.86     Document Type: Article

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