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Association of homocysteine thiolactonase activity and PON1 polymorphisms with the severity of acute coronary syndrome.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Jun 2009
Koubaa Nadia, Nakbi Amel, Hammami Sonia, Attia Nabil, Mehri Sounira, Ben Hamda Khaldoun, Ben Farhat Mohamed, Miled Abdelhedi, Hammami Mohamed
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INTRODUCTION: Excess of total homocysteine (tHcy) and decrease of thiolactonase activities (HTase) have been proposed as risk factors for coronary artery diseases (CAD). OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the relationship of tHcy and HTase with paraoxonase 1 (PON1) gene polymorphism according to CAD severity. DESIGN AND METHODS: 118 healthy volunteers and 91 CAD patients were compared. RESULTS: Serum levels of tHcy and...
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