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Use of oral contraceptives and risk of ulcerative colitis - A systematic review and meta-analysis

Numerous studies have investigated the link between oral contraceptives and risk of ulcerative colitis (UC), but the results have been...

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Association between duration of oral contraceptive use and risk of hypertension: A meta-analysis

A meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the association between duration of oral contraceptive use and risk of hypertension. Relevant studies...

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Cysteine and homocysteine as biomarker of various diseases

Cysteine and homocysteine (Hcy), both sulfur-containing amino acids (AAs), produced from methionine another sulfur-containing amino acid, which is converted to...

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Homocysteinemia is Associated with the Presence of Microbleeds in Cognitively Impaired Patients

Background & objective: Homocysteine is possibly associated with cerebral small vessel diseases such as leukoaraiosis, silent brain infarction and cerebral...

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Association of homocysteine level with risk of stroke: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

Background and aims: Homocysteine (Hcy) level has been increasingly linked with stroke and ischemic stroke (IS). However, a dose-response meta-analysis...

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Influence of oral contraceptive pills on homocysteine and nitric oxide levels: as risk factors for cardiovascular disease

Purpose: Elevation of homocysteine levels have been involved as a remarkable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Decreased bioavailability of nitric...

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Venous thrombosis, oral contraceptives and high factor VIII levels

Recently, it has been described that elevated plasma levels of factor VIII are a strong risk factor for venous thrombosis....

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Oral Contraceptives and HRT Risk of Thrombosis

Estrogen-containing medication, prescribed either for contraception in women of reproductive age or for prevention of cardiovascular events and osteoporosis as...

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Combined oral contraceptives, thrombophilia and the risk of venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis

ssentials We performed a meta-analysis on thrombosis risk in thrombophilic oral contraceptive (COC)-users. The results support discouraging COC-use in women...

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