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Role of vitamin B(12), folate, and thyroid stimulating hormone in dementia: A hospital-based study in north Indian population

BACKGROUND: Vitamin B(12) and folate represent modifiable risk factors for dementia. They may increase the risk of Alzheimer′s dementia (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) as their deficiency can increase the homocysteine level due to slowed methylation reaction. Homocysteine has a neurotoxic effect th...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Rachna, Chhillar, Neelam, Kushwaha, Suman, Singh, Neeraj Kumar, Tripathi, Chandra Bhushan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3021928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264133
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.74193