Relation of total homocysteine and lipid levels in children to premature cardiovascular death in male relatives

Pediatric Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-52

  Tonstad, Serena ^a   Refsum, Helga ^b   Sivertsen, Mette ^a   Christophersen, Bjørn ^a   Ose, Leiv ^a   Ueland, Per Magne ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DEATH; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030011131     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199607000-00009     Document Type: Article

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