Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Supplementation Improves Coronary Flow Reserve in Elderly Subjects with Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 369-372

  Kurt, Ramazan ^a   Yilmaz, Yusuf ^a   Ermis, Fatih ^b   Kalayoglu Besisik, Sevgi ^b   Polat, Nihat ^b   Elitok, Ali ^b   Oflaz, Huseyin ^b   Karan, Mehmet Akif ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary flow reserve; Echocardiography; Folate; Homocysteine; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; CORONARY VESSELS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACEBOS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77956839531     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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