Is increased red cell distribution width (RDW) indicating the inflammation in Alzheimer's disease (AD)?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-54

  Öztürk, Zeynel Abidin ^a   Ünal, Ahmet ^a   Yiĝiter, Remzi ^a   Yesil, Yusuf ^b   Kuyumcu, Mehmet Emin ^b   Neyal, Münife ^a   Kepekçi, Yalçin ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Inflammation; Red cell distribution width

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IRON; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; THYROTROPIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; ERYTHROCYTE PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS AND STROKE AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84869487781     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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