Pilot study of homocysteine and cysteine in patients with thrombosis in different vascular sites. Epidemiology and response to folate

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 592-596

  Casais, Patricia ^a   Alberto, Maria F ^a   Salviú, Maria J ^a   Meschengieser, Susana S ^a   Aixalá, Monica ^a   Lazzari, Maria A ^a  

^a INST DE INVEST HEMATOLOGICAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; THROMBOSIS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 58649100247     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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