Blood levels of homocysteine, cysteine, glutathione, folic acid, and vitamin B12 in the acute phase of atherothrombotic stroke

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 361-364

  Salemi, Giuseppe ^a   Gueli, M C ^a   D'Amelio, M ^a   Saia, V ^a   Mangiapane, P ^a   Aridon, P ^a   Ragonese, P ^a   Lupo, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Large artery atherothrombotic stroke; Reduced glutathione; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE REPAIR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMINS;

EID: 67650970264     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0090-2     Document Type: Article

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