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Endothelial progenitor cells are associated with plasma homocysteine in coronary artery disease

Chaoyang Huang, Zhang Li, Zhankun Wang, Huiyun Pan, Jianhua Zhu

Acta cardiologica. Supplementum · 2011 · 13 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

We observed the correlation between Hcy level and EPC number, and also found an increased Hcy level in CAD patients. It will be interesting to reveal the underlying mechanisms contributing to the correlation and examine the possible causal relationship between Hcy levels and CAD.

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