A randomised controlled trial investigating the effect of vitamin B12 supplementation on neurological function in healthy older people: The Older People and Enhanced Neurological function (OPEN) study protocol [ISRCTN54195799]

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Dangour, Alan D ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^a   Clarke, Robert ^b   Elbourne, Diana ^a   Fasey, Nicky ^c   Fletcher, Astrid E ^a   Letley, Louise ^c   Richards, Marcus ^c   Whyte, Ken ^a   Mills, Kerry ^d   Uauy, Ricardo ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURAL CONDUCTION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 79952458915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-22     Document Type: Article

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