Association of Plasma Homocysteine in Elderly Persons with Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease and Dementia, Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Without Dementia, Dementia Without Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease, and No Dementia or Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1135-1136

  Storey, Samantha G ^a   Suryadevara, Vana ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a   Ahn, Chul ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; AGING; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0346881258     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.12.m1135     Document Type: Article

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