PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Raj S. Ballal
AU  - Donald W. Jacobsen
AU  - Killian Robinson
TI  - Homocysteine: Update on a new risk factor
DP  - 1997 Nov 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 543--549
VI  - 64
IP  - 10
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/10/543.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/10/543.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1997 Nov 01; 64
AB  - 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.