Vitamin B12 deficiency & cognitive impairment in elderly population

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 410-412

  Agarwal, Rachna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INDIAN; NOTE; NUTRITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM;

DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 80455162242     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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