Is B vitamins deficiency associated with prevalence of Alzheimer's disease in Cuban elderly?

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-118

  Domínguez, Yeneisy Lanyau ^a,c   Hernández, Manuel ^a   Matos, Consuelo Macías ^a   Zhou, Dequan ^b  

^a Instituto de Nutricion e Higiene de los Alimentos   (Cuba)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease; B Vitamins and Hyperhomocysteinaemia; Epidemic Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33745789396     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600601800202     Document Type: Review

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