Homocysteine and vitamin status in older people in Perth

Flicker, Leon A; Vasikaran, Samuel D; Thomas, Jenny; Acres, John G; Norman, Paul E; Jamrozik, Konrad; Lautenschlager, Nicola T; Leedman, Peter J; Almeida, Osvaldo P

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06061.x

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Leon A Flicker,* Samuel D Vasikaran,† Jenny Thomas,‡ John G Acres,§ Paul E Norman,¶ Konrad Jamrozik,** Nicola T Lautenschlager,†† Peter J Leedman,‡‡ Osvaldo P Almeida§§

1 School of Medicine and Pharmacology
2 School of Medicine and Pharmacology and School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
6 Royal Perth Hospital, Box X2213, Perth, WA 6000.
7 Department of Core Clinical Pathology and Biochemistry, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
8 Imperial College London, London, UK.

Correspondence: leonflic@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Acknowledgements:

This work was supported by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, and untied research grants from Pfizer CVL, Australian Rotary Health Research Fund and the Australasian Menopause Society. We are grateful to the men and women who participated in this study.

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