Association of vitamin B12 deficiency with fatigue and depression after lacunar stroke

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Huijts, Marjolein ^a,b,c   Duits, Annelien ^a,b   Staals, Julie ^a,c   van Oostenbrugge, Robert J ^a,b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACUNAR STROKE; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE, LACUNAR; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84856045455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030519     Document Type: Article

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