Folate supplementation after heart transplantation: Effects on homocysteine plasma levels and allograft vascular disease

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 245-248

  Potena, L ^a   Grigioni, F ^a   Magnai, G ^a   Sorbello, S ^a   Sassi, S ^a   Poci, M G ^a   Carigi, S ^a   Bacchi Reggiani, L ^a   Leone, O ^a   Magelli, C ^a   Branzi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Folate supplementation; Heart transplantation; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECIPIENT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TIME; VASCULAR DISEASE;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CREATININE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036022706     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/clnu.2002.0537     Document Type: Article

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