Fraction of total plasma vitamin B12 bound to transcobalamin correlates with cognitive function in elderly latinos with depressive symptoms

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1210-1217

  Garrod, Marjorie G ^a,b   Green, Ralph ^a   Allen, Lindsay H ^b   Mungas, Dan M ^a   Jagust, William J ^c   Haan, Mary N ^d   Miller, Joshua W ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; TRANSCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOASSAY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCOBALAMINS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 47649133075     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.102632     Document Type: Article

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