Association between homocysteine, depression, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older women from Australia [9]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 327-328

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Lautenschlager, Nicola ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b   Leedman, Peter ^b   Vasikaran, Samuel ^c   Gelavis, Anna ^d   Ludlow, Joanne ^e  

^a Sch of Psychiat/Clin Neurosci   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Dept of Core Pathol and Biochem ^*

^d ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS;

EID: 1242329486     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.05202001_9.x     Document Type: Letter

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