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Clinical chemistry and molecular biology of homocysteine metabolism: an update.
Clinical biochemistry - 1 Apr 1997
Miner S E, Evrovski J, Cole D E
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OBJECTIVE: To summarize recent developments in our understanding of homocysteine as a clinically relevant and independent predictor of vaso-occlusive disease (including atherosclerosis and thromboembolism), as an early indicator of folate or cobalamin deficiency, and as a key factor in the pathogenesis of neural tube defects. METHODS AND RESULTS: To determine total homocysteine, plasma or serum must be separated...
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