Marginal Folate Deficiency as a Possible Cause of Hyperhomocysteinaemia in Stroke Patients

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-28

  Hultberg, Björn ^a   Andersson, Anders ^a   Lindgren, Arne ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; CREATININE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0031050366     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.1997.35.1.25     Document Type: Article

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