Dimethylglycine supplementation does not affect plasma homocysteine concentrations in pre-dialysis chronic renal failure patients

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 974-976

  Slow, Sandy ^a   McGregor, David O ^b   Lever, Michael ^a   Lee, Martin B ^c   George, Peter M ^a   Chambers, Stephen T ^b,d  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase; Chronic renal failure; Dimethylglycine; Glycine betaine; Homocysteine

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; DIMETHYLGLYCINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIALYSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BETAINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SARCOSINE;

EID: 6344253341     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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