Folate deficiency is a common finding in psychogeriatic patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 479-484

  Hultberg, Björn ^a   Nilsson, Karin ^a   Isaksson, Anders ^a   Gustafson, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Dementia; Elderly; Folate deficiency; Homocysteine; Methylmalonic acid; Psychogeriatric patients

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0036969828     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327348     Document Type: Article

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