Efficacy of B vitamins in lowering homocysteine in older men: Maximal effects for those with B 12 deficiency and hyperhomocysteinemia

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 547-549

  Flicker, Leon ^a   Vasikaran, Samuel D ^a   Thomas, Jenny ^b   Acres, John M ^b,c   Norman, Paul ^c   Jamrozik, Konrad ^d   Hankey, Graeme J ^a,b   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Clinical trial; Homocysteine; Vitamin B 12 deficiency; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TABLET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PLACEBOS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 33644861860     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000198815.07315.68     Document Type: Article

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