Relationship of serum homocysteine and high sensitivity C-reactive protein in elderly people with essential hypertension: Letter

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1318-1319

  Yan Yan, L ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; UREA;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954629635     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02462.x     Document Type: Letter

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