Homocysteine level in Iranian patients with premature acute myocardial infarction

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1952-1954

  Shojaie, Mohammad ^a   Naghshvar, Farzan ^a   Izadi, Hamid Reza ^a   Eshraghian, Ahad ^b   Pourahmad, Morteza ^a  

^a JAHROM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Iranian patients; Premature myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IRAN; MALE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349542841     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.16.021     Document Type: Article

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