Associations between Alzheimer’s disease and blood homocysteine, vitamin B12, and folate: A case-control study

Current Alzheimer Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 88-94

  Chen, Hui ^a   Liu, Shuai ^b   Ji, Lu ^a   Wu, Tianfeng ^a   Ma, Fei ^a   Ji, Yong ^b   Zhou, Yuying ^b   Zheng, Miaoyan ^c   Zhang, Meilin ^a   Huang, Guowei ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Huanhu Hospital   (China)

^c Tianjin Metabolic Disease Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer s disease; Folate; Homocysteine; Mini Mental state examination; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B 12;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84921841290     PISSN: 15672050     EISSN: 18755828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1567205012666141218144035     Document Type: Article

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