Impact of folic acid administration in homocysteine levels, inflammation and in atherosclerotic plaque area in apoE deficient mice

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 696-697

  Tousoulis, Dimitris ^a   Kourkouti, Polina ^a   Antoniades, Charalambos ^a   Briasoulis, Alexandros ^a   Siasos, Gerasimos ^a   Vogiatzi, Georgia ^a   Valatsou, Aggeliki ^a   Oikonomou, Evangelos ^a   Hatzis, George ^a   Latsios, George ^a   Perrea, Despina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Inflammation; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913536158     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.147     Document Type: Article

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