Increased total homocysteine level is associated with clinical status and severity of white matter changes in symptomatic patients with subcortical small vessel disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 711-715

  Pavlovic, A M ^a   Pekmezovic, T ^a   Obrenovic, R ^a   Novakovic, I ^a   Tomic, G ^a   Mijajlovic, M ^a   Sternic, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

MTHFR polymorphism; Plasma homocysteine; Small vessel disease; Vascular cognitive impairment; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SUBCORTICAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NAD+); MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SERBIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 80053616202     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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