Association of red blood cell 5-methyltetrahydrofolate and severity of coronary artery disease: A cross-sectional study from Shiraz, southern Iran

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 203-206

  Golbahar, Jamal ^a   Aminzadeh, Mohamad Amin ^a   Sharifkazemi, Mohamad Bager ^a   Rezaian, Golam Reza ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Red blood cell 5 methyltetrahydrofolate; Severity

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 25844447665     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-004-0823-3     Document Type: Article

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