Fibrinogen and Homocysteine Levels in Coronary Artery Disease

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 499-502

  Gheye, Smitha ^a   Lakshmi, A V ^a   Krishna, T P ^a   Krishnaswamy, Kamala ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY CONSTITUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBESITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; FIBRINOGEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033182951     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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