Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1758-1765 , October 2010

Sex hormone binding globulin and incident Alzheimer’s disease in elderly men and women

  • Majon Muller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatric Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Nicole Schupf

      Affiliations

    • Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Taub Institute for Research of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Department of Epidemiology, Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Laboratory of Epidemiology, NYS Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Jennifer J. Manly

      Affiliations

    • Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Taub Institute for Research of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • Richard Mayeux

      Affiliations

    • Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Taub Institute for Research of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Department of Epidemiology, Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States
    • Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States
    • ,
  • José A. Luchsinger

      Affiliations

    • Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Taub Institute for Research of Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Department of Epidemiology, Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States
    • Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th St., PH19, New York, NY 10032, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 West 168th St., PH19, New York, NY 10032, United States. Tel.: +1 212 3054730; fax: +1 212 3059349.

Received 28 January 2008 ,Revised 23 September 2008 ,Accepted 2 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.10.001

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 10 , Pages 1758-1765 , October 2010

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