Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease: Is HDL the link?

Circulation Research

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 565-566

  Barter, Philip J ^a   Rye, Kerry Anne ^a  

^a HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

apoA I; Cardiovascular; HDL; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL;

EID: 33748754354     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000243583.39694.1f     Document Type: Editorial

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