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Homocystine levels, polymorphisms and the risk of ischemic stroke in young Asian Indians.
Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 1 Jan 2000
Biswas Arijit, Ranjan Ravi, Meena Arvind, Akhter Mohammad Suhail, Yadav Birendra Kumar, Munisamy Murali, Subbiah Vivekanandhan, Behari Madhuri, Saxena Renu
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BACKGROUND: Homocysteine has been for a fairly long time been debated to be a risk factor for stroke. Opinions are divided as to whether raised levels of homocysteine seen in stroke patients are the cause or consequence of stroke. A large number of studies have been conducted in the Caucasian as well as on the Oriental population, which tend to suggest contradictory findings at many times. However, there have...
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