Age-associated changes in the metabolism of vitamin B12 and folic acid: Prevalence, aetiopathogenesis and pathophysiological consequences;Altersassoziierte veränderungen im vitamin-B12- und folsäurestoffwechsel: Prävalenz, ätiopathogenese und pathophysiologische konsequenzen

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-135

  Wolters, Maike ^a   Ströhle, Alexander ^a   Hahn, Andreas ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Atrophic gastritis; Cancer; Cobalamin; Elderly; Folate; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Hypomethylation; Methylmalonic acid; Neurocognitive function; Vitamin B12; Vitamin drug interactions

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; MYELIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PEPSINOGEN;

AGE; AGED; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CANCER PREVENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUTRIENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STROKE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2442470422     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-004-0169-6     Document Type: Review

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