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Female Sex: The Second Greatest Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alves, Micaelly Balaji, Samhitha Shaik, Abid Skudlarek, Regan Al-Tikriti, Dahlia Kniffin, Alyssa
Alves, Micaelly
Balaji, Samhitha
Shaik, Abid
Skudlarek, Regan
Al-Tikriti, Dahlia
Kniffin, Alyssa
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2022-12-20
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http://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/10097
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On November 25, 1901, Auguste Deter was admitted to the Institution for the Mentally Ill in Frankfurt, Germany, where she was first introduced to Dr. Aloysius Alzheimer. Deter, who was 55 at the time, would reply “I have lost myself, so to say,” when asked questions she felt like she could no longer answer [8]. As the first patient diagnosed, Deter did not know how accurately her words described the now widespread condition named after her doctor, Alzheimer’s disease [8]. Today, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) affects over 6 million people above the age of 65 in the United States alone and is the seventh leading cause of death in the country. Of these 6 million people, 4 million are women [1]. Research studies have shown that, following age, being of the female sex is the second greatest risk factor to developing AD [1]. Although the exact correlation between sex and AD is yet to be determined, this article will explore the possible mechanisms and explanations as to why women are more prone to developing Alzheimer’s disease.
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Alves, M., Balaji, S., Shaik, A., Skudlarek, R., Al-Tikriti, D., & Kniffin, A. (2022). Female Sex: The Second Greatest Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. Grey Matters, 4, 14-18.
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Available at: https://greymattersjournaltu.org/issue-4/female-sex-the-second-greatest-risk-of-alzheimers-disease
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Grey Matters, Iss. 4, Fall 2022
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