Fasting plasma homocysteine levels are increased in young patients with acute myocardial infarction from Western India

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 242-245

  Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Khare, Amit ^a   Shetty, Shrimati ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Folic acid deficiency; Footing plasma hemocysteine; Hyperhomocysteinemia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; NEUROBION; NITRATE; PYRIDOXINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FASTING; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 36349014436     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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