Plasma homocysteine and calcific aortic valve disease

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 802-803

  Novaro, G M ^a   Aronow, H D ^b   Mayer Sabik, E ^c   Griffin, B P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIFIC AORTA VALVE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 3042596811     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.022889     Document Type: Article

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