Serum folate, homocysteine, brain atrophy, and auto-CM system: The Treviso Dementia (TREDEM) study

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 581-587

  Gallucci, Maurizio ^a   Zanardo, Andrea ^a   Bendini, Matteo ^a   Di Paola, Francesco ^a   Boldrini, Paolo ^a   Grossi, Enzo ^b  

^a General Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

^b Bracco Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Auto CM system; brain atrophy; hippocampal atrophy; homocysteine; serum folate; TREDEM

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BRAIN ATROPHY; CORTICALSUBCORTICAL ATROPHY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTO-CM SYSTEM; BRAIN ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPAL ATROPHY; HOMOCYSTEINE; SERUM FOLATE; TREDEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84889657934     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-130956     Document Type: Article

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