Association of serum homocysteine and methionine levels with cognition and functioning in bipolar disorder

Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-14

  Doǧanavşargil Baysal, Gülsüm özge ^a   Zehra, Gökmen ^b   Akbaş, Halide ^a   Cinemre, Buket ^a   Metin, Özmen ^a   Karaman, Taha ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Rize Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cognitive functions; Homocysteine; Methionine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880645808     PISSN: 13002163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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