Hyperhomocysteinemia in healthy young men and elderly men with normal serum folate concentration is not associated with poor vascular reactivity or oxidative stress

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1832-1835

  Hirsch, Sandra ^a   Ronco, Ana María ^a   Vasquez, Marcela ^a   De La Maza, María Pía ^a   Garrido, Argelia ^a   Barrera, Gladys ^a   Gattas, Vivien ^a   Glasinovic, Andrea ^a   Leiva, Laura ^b   Bunout, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b CLÍNICA SANTA MARÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; ISOPROSTANE DERIVATIVE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 3042742587     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.7.1832     Document Type: Article

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