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Homocysteine, B vitamins, and vascular-access thrombosis in patients treated with hemodialysis.
American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation - 1 Sept 1998
Tamura T, Bergman S M, Morgan S L
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate whether increased plasma homocysteine concentrations (hyperhomocysteinemia) are associated with thrombosis of arteriovenous (AV) grafts, we determined plasma homocysteine, plasma and erythrocyte folate, plasma vitamin B12, and vitamin B6 (pyridoxal-5'-phosphate [PLP]) in 48 patients (45 black patients and three white patients) with end-stage renal disease who received hemodialysis....
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