Results of 2-year vitamin B treatment on cognitive performance; Secondary data from an RCT

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 2158-2166

  Van Der Zwaluw, Nikita L ^a   Dhonukshe Rutten, Rosalie A M ^a   Van Wijngaarden, Janneke P V ^a   Brouwer Brolsma, Elske M ^a   Van De Rest, Ondine V D ^a   In't Veld, Paulette H ^a   Enneman, Anke W ^b   Van Dijk, Suzanne C ^a   Ham, Annelies C ^a   Swart, Karin M A ^a   Van Der Velde, Nathalie ^a   Van Schoor, Natasja M ^c   Van Der Cammen, Tischa J M ^b   Uitterlinden, André G ^b   Lips, Paul ^c,d   Kessels, Roy P C ^e,f,g   De Groot, Lisette C P G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Radboud Alzheimer Center   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TABLET; VERY ELDERLY; VITAMIN INTAKE; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DRUG EFFECTS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84925284127     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001050     Document Type: Article

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