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Do elevated homocysteine levels predict mortality in chronic kidney disease stages 3–4?

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boxed-textMenon V et al. (2006) Relationship between homocysteine and mortality in chronic kidney disease. Circulation 113: 1572–1577

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De Santo, N., Perna, A. Do elevated homocysteine levels predict mortality in chronic kidney disease stages 3–4?. Nat Rev Nephrol 2, 614–615 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneph0314

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