Homocysteine and depression in later life

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1286-1294

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c   McCaul, Kieran ^a   Hankey, Graeme J ^b,d   Norman, Paul ^c,e   Jamrozik, Konrad ^f   Flicker, Leon ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MTHFR GENE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PYRIDOXINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 55749092488     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.65.11.1286     Document Type: Article

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