Plasma homocysteine concentrations in Type II diabetic patients in India: Relationship to body weight

Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 200-203

  Das, Sidhartha ^a   Reynolds, Tammy ^b   Patnaik, A ^a   Rais, N ^d,e   Fink, Louis M ^b   Fonseca, Vivian A ^c  

^a SCB MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e Chowpatty Medical Center   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FASTING; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY;

EID: 0032763704     PISSN: 10568727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8727(99)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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