Author/Authors :
Ozdemir، نويسنده , , Ramazan and Barutcu، نويسنده , , Irfan and Sezgin، نويسنده , , Alpay T. and Acikgoz، نويسنده , , Nusret and Ermis، نويسنده , , Necip and Metin Esen، نويسنده , , Ali and Topal، نويسنده , , Ergun and Bar?skaner، نويسنده , , Emrah and Ozerol، نويسنده , , Ibrahim، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The purpose of the present study was to test endothelial function and to determine if plasma homocysteine levels are associated with endothelial injury in patients with Behcetʹs disease (BD). Flow-mediated dilation in patients with BD was smaller than that of control subjects (p = 0.001), and mean plasma homocysteine levels in patients with BD were significantly higher (p = 0.0001). On regression analysis, only mean plasma homocysteine concentration was independently related to flow-mediated dilation (F = 5.7, p = 0.001).
