Homocysteine and hypertension in persons with spinal cord injury

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 474-479

  Lee, M Y ^a   Myers, J ^a,b   Abella, J ^a   Froelicher, V F ^a,b   Perkash, I ^a,b   Kiratli, B J ^a  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Hypertension; Renal function; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PLASMA FLOW; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAMPLE SIZE; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VETERANS;

EID: 33746828957     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101873     Document Type: Article

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