Hyperhomocysteinemia in women with unexplained sterility or recurrent early pregnancy loss from Southern Italy: A preliminary report

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  D'Uva, Maristella ^a   Di Micco, Pierpaolo ^b   Strina, Ida ^a   Alviggi, Carlo ^a   Iannuzzo, Mariateresa ^b   Ranieri, Antonio ^a   Mollo, Antonio ^a   De Placido, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Fatebenefratelli Hospital of Naples   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; DNA; EDETIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; ITALY; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK FACTOR; VEIN PUNCTURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 34547746861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-5-10     Document Type: Article

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