Endogenous hormones, androgen receptor CAG repeat length and fluid cognition in middle-aged and older men: Results from the European Male Ageing Study

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1155-1164

  Lee, David M ^a,o   Ulubaev, Aslan ^a   Tajar, Abdelouahid ^a,o   Pye, Stephen R ^a,o   Pendleton, Neil ^a,o   Purandare, Nitin ^a   O'Neill, Terence W ^a,o   O'Connor, Daryl B ^b   Labrie, Fernand ^c   Platt, Hazel ^a   Payne, Debbie ^a   Bartfai, Gyorgy ^d   Boonen, Steven ^e   Casanueva, Felipe F ^f,g   Finn, Joseph D ^a,o   Forti, Gianni ^h   Giwercman, Aleksander ⁱ   Han, Thang S ^j   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T ^k   Kula, Krzysztof ^l   Lean, Michael E J ^m   Punab, Margus ⁿ   Silman, Alan J ^a,o   Vanderschueren, Dirk ^e   Wu, Frederick C W ^a   Petrone, Luisa ^o   Cilotti, Antonio ^o   Borghs, Herman ^o   Slowikowska Hilczer, Jolanta ^o   Walczak Jedrzejowska, Renata ^o   Steer, Philip ^o   Lage, Mary ^o   Földesi, Imre ^o   Fejes, Imre ^o   Korrovitz, Paul ^o   Jiang, Min ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^f HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^g Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ TARTU UNIVERSITY CLINICS   (Estonia)

^o NONE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA ANDROSTAN 3 ONE; ALBUMIN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAG REPEAT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; EUROPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 77952701998     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: 1479683X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-09-0970     Document Type: Article

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