High prevalence of hyperhomocysteinemia in young population of North India - A potential risk factor for coronary artery disease?

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 800-802

  Kumar, Yashwant ^a   Das, Reena ^a   Garewal, Gurjeevan ^a   Bali, Harinder Kumar ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 60449106701     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2008.08.021     Document Type: Letter

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