Hyperhomocysteinaemia is an independent risk factor of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a Chinese Han population

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Jie ^a   Zuo, Shang Wei ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Jia, Xin ^a   Jia, Sen Hao ^a   Zhang, Tao ^b   Song, Yu Xiang ^a   Wei, Ying Qi ^c   Xiong, Jiang ^a   Hu, Yong Hua ^c   Guo, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84958522192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17966     Document Type: Article

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