The relationship between homocysteine, cognition and stroke subtypes in acute stroke

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 58-61

  Tay, S Y ^a   Ampil, E R ^b   Chen, C P L H ^c   Auchus, A P ^d  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^c National Neuroscience Institute   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Homocysteine; MMSE; Stroke; Stroke subtype

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; STATISTICS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 33750633219     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.06.028     Document Type: Article

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