Homocysteine as a potential biochemical marker for depression in elderly stroke survivors

Food and Nutrition Research

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pascoe, Michaela C ^a   Crewther, Sheila G ^d   Carey, Leeanne M ^c   Noonan, Kate ^c,d   Crewther, David P ^a   Linden, Thomas ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Geriatric; Ischemia; Neurodegeneration; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; STROKE; SURVIVOR; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861305725     PISSN: 16546628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v56i0.14973     Document Type: Article

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