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Occurrence of hyperhomocysteinaemia in cardiovascular, haematology and nephrology patients: contribution of folate deficiency.
Annals of clinical biochemistry - 1 May 2000
Donnelly J G, Isotalo P A
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the contribution of plasma folate deficiency to hyperhomocysteinaemia in selected patient groups. Based on our observations, we have determined a lower folate reference interval cut-off using homocysteine as a metabolic marker of folate deficiency. Four hundred and twenty-five consecutive plasma specimens from cardiology (n = 120), haematology (n = 190) and nephrology (n = 115) patients were...
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