Homocysteine - Risk factor for ischemic stroke?

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 34-38

  Narang, Anisha P S ^a,c   Verma, Indu ^a   Kaur, Satinder ^a   Narang, A P S ^a,b   Gupta, S ^a   Avasthi, G ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 70349384267     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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