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Total homocysteine and cardiovascular disease.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Nov 1999
Nygård O, Vollset S E, Refsum H, Brattström L, Ueland P M
Abstract excerpt
Recent data have shown that an elevated plasma level of the amino acid homocysteine (Hcy) is a common, independent, easily modifiable and possibly causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) which may be of equal importance to hypercholesterolemia, hypertension and smoking. This paper reviews the biochemical, clinical, epidemiological and experimental data underlying this conclusion and is critically...
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