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Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid levels and markers of accelerated brain aging
Z.S. Tan, W.S. Harris, A.S. Beiser, R. Au, J.J. Himali, S. Debette, A. Pikula, C. DeCarli, P.A. Wolf, R.S. Vasan, S.J. Robins, S. Seshadri
First published February 27, 2012, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0b013e318249f6a9
Z.S. Tan
W.S. Harris
A.S. Beiser
R. Au
J.J. Himali
S. Debette
A. Pikula
C. DeCarli
P.A. Wolf
R.S. Vasan
S.J. Robins
Red blood cell omega-3 fatty acid levels and markers of accelerated brain aging
Z.S. Tan, W.S. Harris, A.S. Beiser, R. Au, J.J. Himali, S. Debette, A. Pikula, C. DeCarli, P.A. Wolf, R.S. Vasan, S.J. Robins, S. Seshadri
Neurology Feb 2012, 78 (9) 658-664; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318249f6a9
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vol. 78 no. 9 658-664
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- Received June 16, 2011
- Accepted October 26, 2011
- First Published February 27, 2012.
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Copyright © 2012 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.
Author Disclosures
- Z.S. Tan, MD, MPH,
- W.S. Harris, PhD,
- A.S. Beiser, PhD,
- R. Au, PhD,
- J.J. Himali, MS,
- S. Debette, MD,
- A. Pikula, MD,
- C. DeCarli, MD,
- P.A. Wolf, MD,
- R.S. Vasan, MD,
- S.J. Robins, MD and
- S. Seshadri, MD
- Z.S. Tan, MD, MPH,
- W.S. Harris, PhD,
- A.S. Beiser, PhD,
- R. Au, PhD,
- J.J. Himali, MS,
- S. Debette, MD,
- A. Pikula, MD,
- C. DeCarli, MD,
- P.A. Wolf, MD,
- R.S. Vasan, MD,
- S.J. Robins, MD and
- S. Seshadri, MD
- From the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, and the Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research (Z.S.T.), David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Cardiovascular Health Research Center (W.S.H.), Sanford Research, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls; Department of Biostatistics (A.S.B., J.J.H.), Boston University School of Public Health, Boston; Departments of Neurology (A.S.B., J.J.H., S.S., R.A., S.D., A.P., P.A.W.) and Medicine (RSV, SR), Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; Department of Neurology (C.D.), University of California-Davis, Davis; and the Framingham Heart Study (Z.S.T., A.S.B., R.A., P.A.W., R.S.V., S.J.R., S.S.), Framingham, MA.
- Correspondence & reprint requests to Dr. Tan: ztan{at}mednet.ucla.edu
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Submitted March 16, 2012
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