Homocysteine Elevation in Sickle Cell Disease
Elizabeth A. Lowenthal, DO,
Matthew S. Mayo, PhD,
Philip E. Cornwell, PhD and
Denyse Thornley-Brown, MD
Nutrition Sciences (P.E.C.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Division of Nephrology (D.T.-B.), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Kansas Cancer Institute, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center (M.S.M.), Kansas City, Kansas

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Fig. 1. Scattergram of plasma homocysteine and folate concentrations in pateints with sickle cell disease (HbSS) and controls (HbAA). Horizontal bars indicate median values. 1A. Plasma homocysteine concentration. Figure 1B. Plasma folate concentration.
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