Relation between homocysteine and non-fatal stroke in peripheral arterial disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 609-614

  Haltmayer, Meinhard ^a   Mueller, T ^a   Lange, W ^b   Luft, C ^b   Hainzl, A ^b   Poelz, W ^c   Haidinger, D ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University of Linz ^*  (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Homocysteine; Peripheral vascular disease; Risk factors; Stroke

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY; BLOOD; FORECASTING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; RISK;

AGED; ARTERIES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FORECASTING; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0036835293     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2002.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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