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Estrogen use, APOE, and cognitive decline: evidence of gene-environment interaction.
Neurology - 23 May 2000
Yaffe K, Haan M, Byers A, Tangen C, Kuller L
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OBJECTIVE: APOE-epsilon4 increases the risk of cognitive decline, while elderly women who take estrogen may have less risk of cognitive decline. The authors sought to determine whether estrogen use modifies the association between APOE-epsilon4 and cognitive decline. METHOD: - As part of the Cardiovascular Health Study, 3,393 Medicare-eligible women (> or =65 years) were randomly selected and recruited from...
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