Plasma homocysteine levels in patients with transient ischemic attacks;Homocisteína plasmática en pacientes con ataques isquémicos transitorios

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 531-532

  Alvarez Sabin J ^a   Turon J ^a   Montaner, J ^a   Malinow, R ^b   Codina, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery stenosis; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Stroke; Transient ischemic attacks

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037832944     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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