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Increased fasting total homocysteine plasma levels as a risk factor for thromboembolism in children.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 1 Feb 2004
Kosch Andrea, Koch Hans Georg, Heinecke Achim, Kurnik Karin, Heller Christine, Nowak-Göttl Ulrike
Abstract excerpt
Elevated total homocysteine (tHcy) concentrations are an independent risk factor for thromboembolic events in adults. In children with moderate hyperhomocysteinemia data are sparse. Therefore, between 1995 and 2002 we consecutively recruited 163 white pediatric patients with a first symptomatic thromboembolic event and 255 healthy controls (mean age: 6.4 years in patients vs. 6.6 years in controls, range: 3...
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