Mild hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with impaired renal function but not with progression of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

International Journal of Angiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-98

  Lindholt, Jes S ^a,b,c   Møller, Jan ^a,b,c   Henneberg, Eskild W ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; MASS SCREENING; SMOKING;

EID: 0036386796     PISSN: 10611711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00547-001-0068-2     Document Type: Article

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