Hyperhomocysteinemia and low plasma folate as risk factors for central retinal vein occlusion: A case-control study in a Chinese population

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1246-1249

  Gao, Wei ^a   Wang, Yu Sheng ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Wang, Hai Yan ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Central retinal vein occlusion; Chinese population; Folate; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYSTAMINE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RETINAL VEIN OCCLUSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33749070136     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-005-0191-4     Document Type: Article

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