Essential fatty acids preparation (SR-3) improves Alzheimer's patients quality of life

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 141-149

  Yehuda, Shlomo ^a   Rabinovtz, Sharon ^a   Carasso, Raphael L ^b   Mostofsky, David I ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Essential fatty acids; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE LIPID; NOOTROPIC AGENT;

AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APPETITE; CELL MEMBRANE; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030294955     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459609070833     Document Type: Article

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