Homocysteine concentration in primary and systemic sclerosis associated Raynaud's phenomenon.

Abstract excerpt

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have raised homocysteine (Hcy) plasma levels, thought to be an independent risk factor for vascular disease, and to study the relationship between Hcy and endothelial damage, and between Hcy and methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genotypes, and patients' vitamin nutritional status, which are among the more frequent causes of...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Folic Acid
• Share to Homocysteine
• Share to Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)