Relatively low red cell folate levels and acute coronary syndromes

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 665-668

  Michalis, Lampros K ^a,d   Pappas, Konstantinos ^b   Tweddel, Ann ^c   Kolaitis, Nikolaos ^b   Katsouras, Christos S ^a   Loukas, Sotirios ^a   Goudevenos, John ^a   Bourantas, Konstantinos ^a   Sideris, Dimitris A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b General Hospital G Hatzikostas   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndromes; Coronary artery disease; Red cell folate

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SYNDROME; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0035675403     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200112000-00010     Document Type: Article

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