Relationship between serum folate and plasma nitrate concentrations: Possible clinical implications

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1266-1268

  Mansoor, Mohammad A ^a,b   Kristensen, Ole ^a   Hervig, Tor ^c   Stakkestad, Jacob A ^d   Berge, Thor ^e   Drabløs, Per A ^f   Rolfsen, Svanhild ^e   Wentzel Larsen, Tore ^c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d CECOR AS   (Norway)

^e Elf Petroleum Norge AS   (Norway)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; NITRATE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

EID: 23444445044     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.046409     Document Type: Article

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