Long-term soy isoflavone supplementation and cognition in women: A randomized, controlled trial

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 1841-1848

  Henderson, V W ^a,c   St John, J A ^b,c   Hodis, H N ^b,c   Kono, N ^b,c   McCleary, C A ^a,c   Franke, A A ^a,d   MacK, W J ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; DAIDZEIN; GENISTEIN; GLYCITEIN; ISOFLAVONE; MILK PROTEIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOYBEAN; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84863559310     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318258f822     Document Type: Article

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