Dementia risk in women higher in same‐sex than opposite‐sex twins
Abstract Introduction Hormones may be one possible mechanism underlying sex differences in dementia incidence. We examined whether presumed differential prenatal hormone milieu is related to dementia risk by comparing dementia rates in same‐ and opposite‐sex dizygotic twin pairs in male and female t...
Main Authors: | Jing Luo, Christopher R. Beam, Ida K. Karlsson, Christian J. Pike, Chandra A. Reynolds, Margaret Gatz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-01-01
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Series: | Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12049 |
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