Is there a beneficial effect of folic acid on carotid intima-media thickness?

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-261

  Ntaios, George ^a   Savopoulos, Christos ^a   Hatzitolios, Apostolos ^a   Chatzinikolaou, Anastasia ^a   Karamitsos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Folic acid; Homocysteine; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HYPOLIPEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 67349285770     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.028     Document Type: Article

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