Height and Alzheimer's disease: Findings from a case-control study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-341

  Petot, Grace J ^a,d   Vega, Ursula ^b   Traore, Fatoumata ^c   Fritsch, Thomas ^a,c   Debanne, Sara M ^a   Friedland, Robert P ^a   Lerner, Alan J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d University Memory and Aging Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Height; Mid life; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E EPSILON 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447635413     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2007-11310     Document Type: Article

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