Homocysteine-lowering and cardiovascular disease outcomes in kidney transplant recipients: primary results from the Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Transplantation trial.

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Published in Circulation on April 11, 2011

Authors

Andrew G Bostom1, Myra A Carpenter, John W Kusek, Andrew S Levey, Lawrence Hunsicker, Marc A Pfeffer, Jacob Selhub, Paul F Jacques, Edward Cole, Lisa Gravens-Mueller, Andrew A House, Clifton Kew, Joyce L McKenney, Alvaro Pacheco-Silva, Todd Pesavento, John Pirsch, Stephen Smith, Scott Solomon, Matthew Weir

Author Affiliations

1: Rhode Island Hospital, 110 Lockwood Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA. abostom@lifespan.org

Associated clinical trials:

Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction In Transplantation (FAVORIT) (FAVORIT) | NCT00064753

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