Hyperhomocysteinemia as a risk factor for ischemic stroke: An Indian scenario

Neurology India

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Modi, M ^a   Prabhakar, S ^a   Majumdar, S ^a   Khullar, M ^a   Lal, V ^a   Das, C P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Case control study; Homocysteine; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX ROLE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 27344433408     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.16927     Document Type: Article

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