Folate supplementation: Is it safe and effective?

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 767-

  Frankenburg, Frances R ^a  

^a Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLFOLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; LETTER; MORBIDITY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 67049133445     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08lr04824     Document Type: Letter

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