Plasma homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folate in Alzheimer's patients and healthy Arabs in Israel

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 227, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-113

  Mizrahi, E H ^a   Bowirrat, A ^b   Jacobsen, D W ^c   Korczyn, A D ^d   Traore, F ^e   Petot, G J ^e   Lerner, A J ^e   Debanne, S M ^e   Adunsky, A ^a   Dibello, P M ^c   Friedland, R P ^e  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Arab villages; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARAB; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARABS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 8544219697     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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