Is blood homocysteine elevated in migraine?

Headache

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 779-781

  Hering Hanit, R ^a   Gadoth, N ^a   Yavetz, A ^a   Gavendo, S ^b   Sela, B ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Hypercoagulable; Migraine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METOPROLOL; PROPRANOLOL; VALPROIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS;

EID: 0034786944     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-4610.2001.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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