Hyperhomocysteinemia and the presence of cardiovascular disease are associated with kynurenic acid levels and carotid atherosclerosis in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 704-709

  Pawlak, Krystyna ^a   Mysliwiec, Michal ^a   Pawlak, Dariusz ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Carotid atherosclerosis; Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD); Homocysteine; Kynurenic acid

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEIC ACID; KYNURENIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASES; KYNURENIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS, CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY;

EID: 84861338062     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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