Homocysteine and Alzheimer's disease

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 126-129

  Miller, Joshua W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0033005334     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb06936.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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