Hyperhomocysteinaemia therapy in haemodialysis patients: Folinic versus folic acid in combination with vitamin B6 and B12

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 865-870

  Ducloux, Didier ^a   Aboubakr, Abdelfatah ^a   Motte, Gérard ^a   Toubin, Gérard ^a   Fournier, Véronique ^b   Chalopin, Jean Marc ^a   Drüeke, Tilman ^d   Massy, Ziad A ^c,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^b Division of Nephrology   (France)

^c Division of Nephrology   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Folic acid; Folinic acid; Homocyst(e)ine; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FOLINATE CALCIUM; FOLINIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; UREMIA; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0036092221     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/17.5.865     Document Type: Article

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