homocystinuria/nicotine

OBJECTIVE To determine the importance of homocysteinemia as a risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease. METHODS Literature review of published studies homocysteine as risk factor for atherosclerotic vascular disease. METHODS MEDLINE search from 1969 to 1998 using homocysteine and vascular

The proposal that antioxidants may retard the progression of atherosclerosis is not new. Published studies examining the effect of antioxidants on experimental antioxidants extend back to 1940. The results have all been inconsistent. However, the data regarding the beneficial effects of retarding

Homocystinuria, an inherited disorder associated with premature atherosclerosis, represents a severe form of methionine intolerance. To analyze the importance of milder forms of methionine intolerance in the genesis of vascular disease, the relation between provokable methionine intolerance and