The homocysteine hypothesis of depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 861-867

  Folstein, Marshal ^a,b   Liu, Timothy ^a   Peter, Inga ^a   Buel, Jennifer ^a   Arsenault, Lisa ^a   Scott, Tammy ^a   Qiu, Wendy W ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PYRIDOXINE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 34250822335     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.2007.164.6.861     Document Type: Review

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