Elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations after pediatric heart transplantations

Transplant International

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Parisi, Francesco ^a   Kost Byerly, Sabine ^a   Saponara, Isora ^a   Di Donato, Roberto ^a   Di Liso, Gaetano ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coronary arteriosclerosis; Heart transplantation; Homocysteine; Pediatric; Vitamin

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0011225486     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2000.tb02026.x     Document Type: Article

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