Homocysteine, migration and early vascular impairment in people of African descent

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1171-1174

  Kalra, Lalit ^a   Iveson, E ^b   Rambaran, C ^a   Sherwood, R ^a   Chowienczyk, P ^a   Ritter, J ^a   Shah, A ^a   Forrester, T ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTIMA; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GREAT BRITAIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 50249159567     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.132670     Document Type: Article

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