TY - JOUR T1 - Homocysteine: Update on a new risk factor JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 543 LP - 549 VL - 64 IS - 10 AU - Raj S. Ballal AU - Donald W. Jacobsen AU - Killian Robinson Y1 - 1997/11/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/10/543.abstract N2 - A high fasting plasma homocysteine level is an independent risk factor for atherosclerosis and venous thrombosis. Vitamin therapy can lower homocysteine levels, but no benefit has yet been demonstrated; studies using clinical outcomes as endpoints are now in progress. ER -