Vitamin B-12 and folate status in relation to decline in scores on the mini-mental state examination in the Framingham Heart Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1457-1464

  Morris, Martha Savaria ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^a   Jacques, Paul F ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; cognition; folic acid; humans; methylmalonic acid; vitamin B 12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84865150749     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04076.x     Document Type: Article

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