Serum level of homocysteine is correlated to carotid artery atherosclerosis in Chinese with ischemic stroke

Neurological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-30

  Wang, Hongli ^a   Fan, Dongsheng ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Fu, Yu ^a   Zhang, Jun ^a   Shen, Yang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Carotid artery diseases; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANK SUM TEST; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 32044447484     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164106X91834     Document Type: Article

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