Hormones and dementia – a comparative study of hormonal impairment in post-menopausal women, with and without dementia

CONTEXT: Women seem to be more vulnerable to dementia, particularly Alzheimer’s disease (AD), than men. There is controversy among studies correlating estrogen deficit to cognitive impairment. Because of the sudden drop of estrogens in menopause, this hormonal deficit could represent one of the risk...

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Autores principales: Robusto-Leitao, Olívia, Ferreira, H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2006
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Original Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19412464

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19412464

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