Early age at menopause is associated with increased risk of dementia and mortality in women with down syndrome

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 545-550

  Coppus, Antonia M W ^a,b   Evenhuis, Heleen M ^a   Verberne, Gert Jan ^b   Visser, Frank E ^c   Eikelenboom, Piet ^d   Van Gool, Willem A ^d   Janssens, A Cecile J W ^a   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Center for the Intellectually Disabled   (Netherlands)

^c Centre for the Intellectually Disabled   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APOE genotype; Down syndrome; Menopause; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MORTALITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77049100971     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-1247     Document Type: Article

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