Neuropsychology of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly dementia patients and control subjects

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-38

  Osimani, Alicia ^a,b   Berger, Andrea ^b   Friedman, Joshua ^a   Porat Katz, Bat Sheba ^a   Abarbanel, Jacob M ^a  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cobalamin deficiency; Dementia

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; MULTIVITAMIN;

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCENTRATION DEFICIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 14644430984     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988704272308     Document Type: Article

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