Prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among demented patients and cognitive recovery with cobalamin replacement

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition, health & aging Vol. 6; no. 4; p. 254
• Main Author: Abyad, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: France 2002
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Cognition - drug effects; Cognition - physiology; Dementia - blood; Dementia - complications; Dementia - drug therapy; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Prevalence; Time Factors; Vitamin B 12 - blood; Vitamin B 12 - pharmacology; Vitamin B 12 - therapeutic use; Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - complications; Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - drug therapy; Vitamin B 12 Deficiency - epidemiology

To find out the prevalence of vitamin B12 deficiency among demented patients and to look at the effects of cobalamin repletion on cognition in elderly, subjects with low serum cobalamin and evidence of cognitive dysfunction. Time series data collected in a single-blinded trial of parenteral cobalami...