Homocysteine: A history in progress

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 193-204

  Finkelstein, J D ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; SULFUR AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; BLADDER STONE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033884331     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2000.tb01862.x     Document Type: Review

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