Is folic acid the answer?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-242

  Refsum, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY STENT; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY GRAFT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BLOOD; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4344626150     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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