LOW SERUM VITAMIN B12 IN ALZHEIMER-TYPE DEMENTIA
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Age and Ageing
- Vol. 13 (2) , 101-105
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/13.2.101
Abstract
Serum vitamin B12 levels (as determined by radio-immunoassay) were measured in 20 subjects aged 65 years and over with Alzheimer-type dementia, 20 age-matched subjects with non-Alzheimer type dementia and 20 age-matched subjects with no dementia. Serum vitamin B12 levels were significantly lower and serum vitamin B12 deficiency was significantly more frequent in subjects with Alzheimer-type dementia and were independent of age, sex, haematological abnormality or serum folate.Keywords
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