Relationship between homocysteine and thrombotic disease.

doi:10.1097/00000441-199808000-00008

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Relationship between homocysteine and thrombotic disease.

The American journal of the medical sciences - 1 Aug 1998

Selhub J, D'Angelo A

Abstract excerpt

Hyperhomocysteinemia is a condition which, in the absence of kidney disease, indicates a disrupted sulfur amino acid metabolism, either because of vitamin deficiency (folate, B12 and B6) or a genetic defect. Epidemiologic evidence suggests that mild hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with increas...

Topics

Animals
Homocysteine
Humans
Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2)
Mutation
Odds Ratio
Oxidoreductases Acting on CH-NH Group Donors
Thrombosis

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