title: Homocysteine and thrombosis: guilt by association?
abstract: The long-recognized connection between homocysteine and thrombosis is examined in this issue of Blood in a study conducted by Dayal and colleagues. The results challenge the proposed mechanisms by which disordered homocysteine metabolism triggers vascular disease.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Fay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020138:Hyperhomocysteinemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*