Effect of Probiotic Supplementation on Cognitive Function and Metabolic Status in Alzheimer's Disease: A Randomized, Double-Blind and Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal Front Aging Neurosci

Specialty Geriatrics

Date 2016 Nov 29

PMID 27891089

Citations 359

Authors

Elmira Akbari

Zatollah Asemi

Reza Daneshvar Kakhaki

Fereshteh Bahmani

Ebrahim Kouchaki

Omid Reza Tamtaji

Gholam Ali Hamidi

Mahmoud Salami

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Abstract

Clinical Trial Registration: http://www.irct.ir/, IRCT201511305623N60.

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