Review: elevated homocysteine levels are modestly associated with increased ischemic heart disease and stroke risk

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. 2003 May-Jun;138(3):78.

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Joel G Ray. ACP J Club. 2003 May-Jun.

. 2003 May-Jun;138(3):78.

¹ Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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