A controlled trial of homocysteine lowering and cognitive performance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 2764-2772

  McMahon, Jennifer A ^a   Green, Timothy J ^a   Skeaff, C Murray ^a   Knight, Robert G ^a   Mann, Jim I ^a   Williams, Sheila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33745652285     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa054025     Document Type: Article

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