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Steroid-induced elevation of glucose in Alzheimer's disease: relationship to gender, apolipoprotein E genotype and cognition.
Psychoneuroendocrinology - 1 Jan 2003
Aisen P S, Berg J D, Craft S, Peskind E R, Sano M, Teri L, Mulnard R A, Thomas R G, Thal L J
Abstract excerpt
Glucose and insulin may play an important role in the pathophysiology and symptomatology of Alzheimers disease (AD), and prior studies suggest interactions among glucose, insulin, gender and apolipoprotein E genotype. We analyzed the relationship between steroid-induced glucose elevation and gender, presence of the apolipoprotein E epsilon 4 (APOE-4) allele and cognition using data from a multicenter trial of...
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