Biological variability and reference intervals for total plasma homocysteine

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-61

  Rossi, E ^a   Beilby, J P ^a   McQuillan, B M ^a   Hung, J ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; Serum folate; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032943416     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600107     Document Type: Article

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