Cognitive functioning in elderly women who underwent unilateral oophorectomy before menopause

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 196-200

  Zhou, Guoqing ^a   Liu, Jinxia ^a   Sun, Fang ^a   Duan, Lihui ^a   Yan, Bing ^a   Peng, Qiaoling ^a  

^a MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; cognitive functioning; menopause; oophorectomy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYSTERECTOMY; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79951920738     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2010.542842     Document Type: Article

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