B-vitamins and prevention of dementia

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-81

  Clarke, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELDERLY CARE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 38749127216     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665108006046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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