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Sex and ESR1 genotype may influence the response to treatment with donepezil and rivastigmine in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry - 1 Jun 2014
Scacchi Renato, Gambina Giuseppe, Broggio Elisabetta, Corbo Rosa Maria
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BACKGROUND: Many factors could be responsible for the different response to treatment with the cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) donepezil and rivastigmine in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Sex and the variants of the estrogen receptor α (ESR1) gene are reported to modulate AD susceptibility or the course of the disease. The aim of the present study was to verify whether patient's sex and ESR1 genotype could...
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