Endothelial dysfunction by acute hyperhomocyst(e)inaemia: Restoration by folic acid

Clinical Science

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-239

  Usui, Michiaki ^a   Matsuoka, Hidehiro ^a   Miyazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Ueda, Seiji ^a   Okuda, Seiya ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Folate; Homocyst(e)ine

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LOADING TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033052019     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0960235     Document Type: Article

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