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Folate, vitamin B12, and serum total homocysteine levels in confirmed Alzheimer disease.
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that vascular disease may contribute to the cause of Alzheimer disease (AD). Since elevated plasma total homocysteine (tHcy) level is a risk factor for vascular disease, it may also be relevant to AD. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of AD with blood levels of tHcy, and its biological determinants folate and vitamin B12. DESIGN: Case-control study of 164 patients, aged 55 years or older, with a clinical diagnosis of dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT), inc...
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- Journal:
- Archives of neurology
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- 1449-1455
- Publication date:
- 1998-11-01
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1538-3687
- ISSN:
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0003-9942
- Source identifiers:
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49265
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- English
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- 1998
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