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Determinants of Fasting Total Serum Homocysteine Levels in Liver Transplant Recipients
B Akoglu, K Wondra, WF Caspary, D Faust · Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie · 2006 · Heft 04
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Aims: Homocysteine (HCY) is a sulfur-containing amino acid that is considered to be a marker for a relative folate deficiency. Hyperhomocysteinemia is a known risk factor in the development of cardiovascular disease, vascular dementia, and depression and possibly in carcinogenesis. Liver transplant recipients have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of a high incidence of obesity, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and hyperlipidemia. The aim of this study is to elucidate the determinants for hyperhomocysteinemia as an additional risk factor in these patients. Methods: Seventy stable live…
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Obesity
Transplantation
Cyclosporine
After
Diabetes Mellitus
Chromatography
Depression
Dementia
Blood
Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
