Vitamin D deficiency, cognitive impairment and dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 297-305

  Etgen, Thorleif ^a,b   Sander, Dirk ^a,c   Bickel, Horst ^a   Sander, Kerstin ^a   Förstl, Hans ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Traunstein   (Germany)

^c Benedictus Krankenhaus Tutzing   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Etiology; Preventi on; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84863091991     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339702     Document Type: Review

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