Serum Level of Homocysteine and Perinatal CNS Lesions in Infants

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Olga N. Krasnorutskaya, PhD; Vera S. Lednyova, PhD, ScD; Anna A. Zuikova, PhD, ScD; Alexander N. Pashkov, PhD, ScD; Daniel Yu. Bugrimov, PhD; Julia A. Kotova, PhD; Elena Yu. Esina, PhD

Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko Voronezh, the Russian Federation

*Corresponding author: Olga N. Krasnorutskaja, PhD. Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko. Voronezh, the Russian Federation. E-mail: onkrasnorutckaja@rambler.ru

Published: December 15, 2017.  doi: 10.21103/Article7(4)_OA2

Abstract: 

This study reports an assessment of adaptive possibilities of the central nervous system (CNS) in infants. The study shows how the homocysteine level depends on the severity of neurological deficit (ND) in infants, and how the serum homocysteine level changes during the various treatment regimens.

Keywords: 
neurological deficit ● homocysteine ● CNS ● infants
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