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Evaluation of a shorter methionine loading test.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Jan 2004
de Jonge Robert, Griffioen Pieter H, van Zelst Bertrand, Brouns R Montserrate, Visser Willy, Lindemans Jan
Abstract excerpt
We validated whether a shorter methionine loading test is as accurate as the original 6-h test in identifying hyperhomocysteinemic patients and investigated determinants of fasting and post-load homocysteine concentration. Plasma homocysteine was determined in EDTA-blood from women with a history of pre-eclampsia (n=106) after 12 h fasting and 3 and 6 h after an oral methionine load (0.1 g/kg body weight). The...
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