July 4, 2013Open Access

Higher Rates of Decline for Women andApolipoprotein Eε4 Carriers

Structured PICO

Population

Individuals assessed for Alzheimer disease process

Outcome

Rates of decline

Diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease should consider the effect of female sex in addition to APOE ε4 status.

Abstract

These results indicate that in addition to apolipoprotein E ε4 status, diagnostic and therapeutic strategies should take into account the effect of female sex on the Alzheimer disease process.

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Holland et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d92787e0d31bb747836029 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.a3601

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