Endocrinology Research and Practice
Review Article

Homocysteine and Atherosclerosis

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

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Ankara Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara, Turkey

Endocrinol Res Pract 2002; 6: 137-140
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ABSTRACT
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.
 
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