title: Can lowering homocysteine levels reduce the incidence of stroke?
abstract: Hyperhomocysteinaemia has been identified as an independent risk factor for atherosclerotic and thromboembolic diseases such as cerebro-vascular diseases, coronary artery disease and venous thrombosis. This review will discuss the role of high levels of plasma homocysteine in stroke disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Good Hope Hospital, West Midlands, U.K.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D006710:Homocysteine