Dietary fatty acids and predementia syndromes

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Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 792-810

  Solfrizzi, Vincenzo ^a   Frisardi, Vincenza ^a   Capurso, Cristiano ^b   D'Introno, Alessia ^a   Colacicco, Anna M ^a   Vendemiale, Gianluigi ^b,c   Capurso, Antonio ^d   Panza, Francesco ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c IRCSS Casa Sollievo Dalla Sofferenza   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Age related cognitive decline; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Fatty acids; Mild cognitive impairment; MUFA; Predementia syndromes; PUFA; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SATURATED FATTY ACID; FATTY ACID;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAT INTAKE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PREDEMENTIA SYNDROME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; SEA FOOD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEAFOOD;

EID: 70350787145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2009.82     Document Type: Review

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