Head circumference, apolipoprotein E genotype and cognition in the Bavarian School Sisters Study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-222

  Perneczky, R ^a   Alexopoulos, P ^a   Wagenpfeil, S ^b   Bickel, H ^a   Kurz, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain reserve; Cognitive reserve; Gender; Genetics; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CEPHALOMETRY; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HEAD; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84858866454     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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