Homocysteinaemia

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• Synonyms

  • Hyperhomocysteinaemia

• Causes

  • Cystathione beta-synthase deficiency
  • Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase deficiency
  • Vitamin B12 deficiency
  • Vitamin B6 deficiency
  • Folic acid deficiency
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Chronic renal failure
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Carcinoma of breast
  • Carcinoma of pancreas

• Effects

  • Genetic hypercoagulable state
  • Acquired hypercoagulable state

• Parents

  • Aminoacidopathies

• Description

  • "Can be congenital or accquired."