| Literature DB >> 15325946 |
Ramazan Ozdemir1, Irfan Barutcu, Alpay T Sezgin, Nusret Acikgoz, Necip Ermis, Ali Metin Esen, Ergun Topal, Emrah Bariskaner, Ibrahim Ozerol.
Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to test endothelial function and to determine if plasma homocysteine levels are associated with endothelial injury in patients with Behcet's disease (BD). Flow-mediated dilation in patients with BD was smaller than that of control subjects (p = 0.001), and mean plasma homocysteine levels in patients with BD were significantly higher (p = 0.0001). On regression analysis, only mean plasma homocysteine concentration was independently related to flow-mediated dilation (F = 5.7, p = 0.001).Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15325946 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.04.073
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Cardiol ISSN: 0002-9149 Impact factor: 2.778