Can homocysteine be related to physical functioning?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 610-611

  Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PYRIDOXINE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGING; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 0036851528     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(02)01352-9     Document Type: Editorial

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