## Abstract ## Objective There is increasing interest in homocysteine as a risk factor for neuropsychiatric disorders such as stroke, dementia, depression and Parkinson's disease. This article reviews the current literature on the relationship between homocysteine and these disorders to ascertain
Plasma total homocysteine and memory in the elderly: The Hordaland Homocysteine study
โ Scribed by Eha Nurk; Helga Refsum; Grethe S. Tell; Knut Engedal; Stein E. Vollset; Per M. Ueland; Harald A. Nygaard; A. David Smith
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
## Abstract Hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for different diseases. Several methods have been developed to analyze homocysteine and the immunometric ones, although expensive, they are in widespread use. A rapid LCโMS/MS method for homocysteine assay has been developed for the application of l
Cobalamin deยฎciency seems to be a relatively common condition in psychogeriatric patients. To elucidate the diagnostic possibility of cobalamin deยฎciency we have in this study analysed three markers for cobalamin deยฎciency, plasma methylmalonic acid, plasma homocysteine and serum cobalamin, in 96 ps