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Volume 346:466-468 February 14, 2002 Number 7 Next

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Homocysteine is a simple amino acid that has recently received a great deal of attention as a risk factor for atherothrombotic vascular disease. There is reasonably compelling epidemiologic evidence of an association between the plasma homocysteine level and the risk of vascular disease in the coronary, carotid, and peripheral circulations. The mechanisms by which hyperhomocysteinemia promotes atherosclerosis are less clear. They may include oxidative injury to the vascular wall, vascular-cell proliferation, and the development of a prothrombotic state.

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