Objective. The main hypothesis was that subtle vitamin B12 deยฎciencies occur more commonly in senile dementia of Alzheimer type (SDAT) than in healthy elderly individuals, and may be revealed by elevated total serum homocysteine (tHcy). A subsidiary hypothesis was that such deยฎciencies would be nutr
Role of iron in Alzheimer-type dementia in Down Syndrome
โ Scribed by V. P. Prasher; P. Gosling; J. Blair
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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