Homocysteine and Its Relationship to Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis in a Chinese Community Population

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Jia, Jiaokun ^a,b   Wang, Anxin ^a,b,c   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Wu, Jianwei ^a,b   Yan, Xiujuan ^a,b   Zhou, Yong ^d   Chen, Shengyun ^a,b   Zhao, Xingquan ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN DISORDERS   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE;

AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIOMARKERS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84996569791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep37361     Document Type: Article

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