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Effects of folic acid fortification and multivitamin therapy on homocysteine and vitamin B(12) status in cardiac transplant recipients.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation - 1 Apr 2004
Miriuka Santiago G, Langman Loralie J, Keren Eitan S, Miner Steven E S, Mamer Orval A, Delgado Diego H, Evrovski Jovan, Ross Heather J, Cole David E C
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BACKGROUND: Hyperhomocysteinemia is a frequent finding after cardiac transplantation, but increased folate intake induces a decrease in total homocysteine concentrations. In 1998, food in Canada was fortified nationwide with folic acid. We assessed the impact of routine folate fortification on ho...
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