Three months supplementation of hyperhomocysteinaemic patients with folic acid and vitamin B6 improves biological markers of endothelial dysfunction

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 776-778

  Constans, Joël ^a   Blann, Andrew D ^b   Resplandy, François ^d   Parrot, Françoise ^c   Renard, Martine ^d   Seigneur, Martine ^d   Guerin, Viviane ^d   Boisseau, Michel ^d   Conri, Claude ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Hyperhomocysteinaemia; Thrombomodulin; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PYRIDOXINE; THROMBOMODULIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0033391681     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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