Higher serum vitamin D3 levels are associated with better cognitive test performance in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-543

  Oudshoorn, C ^a   Mattace Raso, F U S ^a   Van Der Velde, N ^a   Colin, E M ^a   Van Der Cammen, T J M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Mini Mental State Examination; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B1; Vitamin B6; Vitamin D3

Indexed keywords

CALCIFEDIOL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; PYRIDOXINE; THIAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHOLECALCIFEROL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 46849117753     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000134382     Document Type: Article

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