Present role of homocysteine in clinical medicine;Homocisteína en la clínica humana

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 472-478

  Aguirre Errasti, Ciriaco ^a   Egurbide Arberas, M Victoria ^a   Martínez Berriotxoa, Agustín ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherothrombosis; Folate deficiency; Homocystinuria; Hyperhomocysteinemia; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; ECTOPIA LENTIS; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; MYOPIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCREENING; VASCULAR DISEASE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70349613423     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2008.11.032     Document Type: Short Survey

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