Vascular endothelial function and plasma homocysteine levels in Behcet's disease

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 522-525

  Ozdemir, Ramazan ^a,d   Barutcu, Irfan ^b   Sezgin, Alpay T ^c   Acikgoz, Nusret ^a   Ermis, Necip ^a   Metin Esen, Ali ^b   Topal, Ergun ^a   Bariskaner, Emrah ^a   Ozerol, Ibrahim ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BEHCET SYNDROME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; VASODILATION;

EID: 4344591807     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.073     Document Type: Article

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