Depression, homocysteine concentration, and cardiovascular events

JAMA

Volumn 301, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1541-1542

  Chellappa, Parkavi ^a   Ramaraj, Radhakrishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MORTALITY; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 64749103275     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.490     Document Type: Letter

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