Cognitive function in an elderly population: Interaction between vitamin b12 status, depression, and apolipoprotein e [Latin Small Letter Open E]4: The hordaland homocysteine study

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  Vogiatzoglou, Anna ^a,c   David Smith, A ^a   Nurk, Eha ^b,c   Drevon, Christian A ^c   Ueland, Per M ^d   Vollset, Stein E ^d   Nygaard, Harald A ^d,e   Engedal, Knut ^f   Tell, Grethe S ^d   Refsum, Helga ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NKS Olaviken Hospital for Old Age Psychiatry   (Norway)

^f ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

apolipoprotein E ?4; cognitive performance; depression; holotranscobalamin; methylmalonic acid; plasma vitamin B12 status

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE TEST BATTERY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84872303265     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3182761b6c     Document Type: Article

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