Poor metabolic control, early age at onset, and marginal folate deficiency are associated with increasing levels of plasma homocysteine in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A five-year follow-up study

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 595-600

  Hultberg, B ^a   Agardh, C D ^a   Agardh, E ^a   Lovestam Adrian M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cobalamin; Diabetes mellitus; Folate; Homocysteine; Plasma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COBALAMIN; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HOMOCYSTEINE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030690309     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365519709055282     Document Type: Article

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