Oophorectomy, hysterectomy, and risk of Alzheimer's disease: A nationwide case-control study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 575-581

  Imtiaz, Bushra ^a   Tuppurainen, Marjo ^a,b   Tiihonen, Miia ^a   Kivipelto, Miia ^a,c   Soininen, Hilkka ^a,b   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a   Tolppanen, Anna Maija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognition; dementia; estrogen; hormone therapy; hysterectomy; menopause; oophorectomy; radical hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CANCER; PRESCRIPTION; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84916885124     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-140336     Document Type: Article

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