Prenatal sex hormone exposure and risk of alzheimer disease: A pilot study using the 2D: 4D digit length ratio

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 102-106

  Vladeanu, Matei ^a   Giuffrida, Orazio ^b   Bourne, Victoria J ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Burleigh House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D ratio; Alzheimer disease; estrogen; prenatal exposure; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84903770725     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: 15370887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000024     Document Type: Article

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