Influence of variation in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene (FSHR) and age at menopause on the development of Alzheimer's disease in women

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Corbo, Rosa Maria ^a,b   Gambina, Giuseppe ^c   Broggio, Elisabetta ^c   Scacchi, Renato ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Fertility; FSHR genotypes; Menopausal age; Women

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR BINDING INHIBITOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECEPTORS, FSH;

EID: 80051938764     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330472     Document Type: Article

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