High prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia and asymptomatic vascular disease in siblings of young patients with vascular disease and hyperhomocysteinemia

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2655-2662

  De Jong, Sylvia C ^a,b   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a,b   Mackaay, Albert J C ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Michiel ^a,b   Bulterijs, Ellen J ^b   Visser, Frans C ^a,b   Bax, Jeroen ^b   Rauwerda, Jan A ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hyperhomocysteinemia; Vascular disease; Vascular testing

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ADULT; ANKLE PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031444672     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.11.2655     Document Type: Article

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