Sex hormones and cognitive decline in elderly men

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-31

  Muller, Majon ^a   van den Beld, Annewieke W ^b   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   de Jong, Frank H ^b   Lamberts, Steven W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognition; Estradiol; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 57649173619     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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