Evaluation of homocysteine level as a risk factor among patients with ischemic stroke and its subtypes

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-239

  Ashjazadeh, Nahid ^a   Fathi, Morteza ^a   Shariat, Abdohamid ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Risk factors; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UPREGULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84883298614     PISSN: 02530716     EISSN: 17353688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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