Elevated homocysteine levels in patients with Raynaud's syndrome

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2383-2385

  Levy, Yair ^a   George, Jacob ^a   Langevitz, Pnina ^a   Harats, Dror ^a   Doolman, Ram ^a   Sela, Ben Ami ^a   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Folate; Homocysteine; Raynaud's syndrome; Scleroderma; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SCLERODERMA; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RAYNAUD DISEASE;

EID: 0032747724     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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