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Focus on Homocysteine and the Vitamins

Involved in its metabolism

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  • © 2002

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Authors:
  1. Christina Bolander-Gouaille

    1. Helsingborg, Sweden

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-10
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  2. Introduction

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 11-13

  3. What is homocysteine?

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 15-19

  4. The homocysteine metabolism

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 20-31

  5. How can hyperhomocysteinaemia be harmful?

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 32-68

  6. Why do homocysteine levels increase?

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 69-117

  7. Clinical conditions associated with hyperhomocysteinaemia

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 118-170

  8. Clinical impact of enzyme defects

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 171-198

  9. When and how to check the homocysteine levels

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 199-205

  10. How to interpret the test results and how to handle hyperhomocysteinaemia

    • Christina Bolander-Gouaille
    Pages 206-217

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 218-262
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About this book

During the last 10-12 years, the research on homocysteine has become very active. About 1500 of articles are now published each year on homocysteine and the vitamins involved in its metabolism. A disturbed homocysteine metabolism can be an underlying factor for pregnancy complications and fetal malformations, cardiovascular disease, dementia, psychiatric and neurologic disorders and possibly carcinogenesis. A disturbed homocysteine metabolism can in most cases be normalised by treatment with folate and/or vitamines B12 and B6. Many of these findings therefore directly concern most practitioners. However, if there are good reviews covering single aspects of this research, these are published in specialised journals. The author has realised the difficulties for the practitioner in keeping updated. This second edition has been thoroughly updated and also offers more data on the vitamins. Over 1600 references are made available.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Helsingborg, Sweden

    Christina Bolander-Gouaille

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Focus on Homocysteine and the Vitamins

  • Book Subtitle: Involved in its metabolism

  • Authors: Christina Bolander-Gouaille

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0845-1

  • Publisher: Springer Paris

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag France 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-2-287-59712-1Published: 01 December 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-2-8178-0845-1Published: 22 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: 262

  • Number of Illustrations: 479 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, General Practice / Family Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Cardiology, Gynecology

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