Homocysteine: Reference values

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1121-1124

  Schreiner, Rupert ^a   Göbel Schreiner, Barbara ^a   Durst, Christine ^a   Casper, Reiko ^a   Walch, Stefan ^a  

^a Abt Stoffwechsel and Endokrinologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Folic acid deficiency; Homocysteine; Kidney failure; Methionine loading test; Reference values; Vascular diseases

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LOADING TEST; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0031461397     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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