Homocysteine in cerebrovascular disease: An independent risk factor for subcortical vascular encephalopathy

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 721-724

  Bertsch, T ^a   Mielke, O ^a   Holy S ^a   Zimmer, W ^a   Casarin, W ^a   Aufenanger, J ^a   Walter, S ^a   Muehlhauser, F ^a   Kuehl, S ^a   Ragoschke, A ^a   Fassbender, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Dementia; Homocysteine; Subcortical vascular encephalopathy; Vitamin B12; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE;

AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 17944376904     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2001.120     Document Type: Article

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