RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Homocysteine: Update on a new risk factor
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 543
OP 549
VO 64
IS 10
A1 Ballal, Raj S.
A1 Jacobsen, Donald W.
A1 Robinson, Killian
YR 1997
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/64/10/543.abstract
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.