Items for "homocystinuria"

Hyperhomocysteinemia and arteriosclerosis: historical perspectives

Early concepts of the origin of arteriosclerosis were introduced in the 19th century by Rokitansky and Virchow, who described mural thrombosis, inflammatory damage to arterial intima, increased intimal permeability to plasma, mucoid degeneration of arterial wall, deposition of plasma lipids in plaques, and fibrosis and calcification of plaques...

Keywords: arteriosclerosis, atherogenesis, homocysteine, homocystinuria, Methionine