Female Sex and Alzheimer's Risk: The Menopause Connection.
J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2018;5(4):225-230. doi: 10.14283/jpad.2018.34.
J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2018.
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Along with advanced age and apolipoprotein E (APOE)-4 genotype, female sex is a major risk factor for developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). Considering that AD pathology begins decades prior to clinical symptoms, the higher risk in women cannot simp …
Along with advanced age and apolipoprotein E (APOE)-4 genotype, female sex is a major risk factor for developing late-onset Alzheimer …