Poor nutrition and alcohol consumption are related to high serum homocysteine level at post-stroke

Nutrition Research and Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 503-510

  Choi, Seung Hye ^a   Choi Kwon, Smi ^b   Kim, Min Sun ^c   Kim, Jong Sung ^d  

^a Suwon University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University ^*  (South Korea)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alcohol consumption; Homocysteine; Nutritional status; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943138256     PISSN: 19761457     EISSN: 20056168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2015.9.5.503     Document Type: Article

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