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HOMOCYSTEINE AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS

ALEV EROĞLU ALTINOVA, İLHAN YETKİN

Endocrinology Research and Practice - 2002;6(4):137-140

Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

 

Recently hyperhomocysteinemia has emerged as a new risk factor for atherosclerosis. In the present review we summarized metabolism, potential adverse effects of plasma homocysteine and its relationship with the other classical risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.