Homocysteine, folate and vitamin B12 in puerperal cerebral venous thrombosis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 43-47

  Nagaraja, Dindagur ^a   Noone, Mohan Leslie ^a   Bharatkumar, Venkata Pinnelli ^a   Christopher, Rita ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral venous thrombosis; Folate; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Puerperal; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COULOMETRY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DISORDER; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; PROTHROMBIN; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 48349123895     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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