Helicobacter pylori may be involved in cognitive impairment and dementia development through induction of atrophic gastritis, vitamin B-12-folate deficiency, and hyperhomocysteinemia sequence [1]

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 805-806

  Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Gavalas, Emmanuel ^a   Boziki, Marina ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE INJURY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 34548785570     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.3.805     Document Type: Letter

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