Mild hyperhomocysteinemia and low folate concentrations as risk factors for cervical arterial dissection

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 210-214

  Arauz, Antonio ^a   Hoyos, Leticia ^a   Cantú, Carlos ^b   Jara, Aurelio ^a   Martínez, Leticia ^a   García, Irma ^a   Fernández, María De Los Ángeles ^a   Alonso, Elisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cervical artery dissection; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FASTING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 34548094049     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104479     Document Type: Article

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