Preliminary report: Hyperhomocysteinemia in patients with acute intermittent porphyria

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1809-1810

  To Figueras, Jordi ^a   Lopez, Rosa Maria ^a   Deulofeu, Ramon ^a   Herrero, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY EXCRETION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 78549288112     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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