Homocysteine in cerebrovascular disease
- Author:
Long Xuan Le
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
cerebrovascular disease
- MeSH:
Cerebrovascular Disorders;
Homocysteine
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2002;271(4):9-13
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Over the last decade there is strong evidence indicating that hyperhomocysteinemia appears to be an important risk factor for vascular diseases, including cerebrovascular disease and myocardial infarction. Several multicenter-randomized trials have demonstrated that it is independent to other well known risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia and smoking. Given the intense interest of our community concerning the prevention of cerebrovascular diseases we begin to measure homocysteinemia with a simple and accurate technique. The first results of our study raise the exciting possibility that homocysteinemia levels can be normalized by an inexpensive, well tolerated therapy with folate, pyridoxine hydrochloride and cyanocobalamin.
