Homocysteine - the biological role and clinical importance. Pediatric aspects (literature review)

  • Маргарита Михайловна Гурова St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University; Pediatric Clinical Diagnostic Center 194100, Saint-Рetersburg; 192289, St. Petersburg
  • Антонина Александровна Ртищева First Saint Petersburg State Medical University 197022, St. Petersburg
Keywords: homocysteine, hyperhomocysteinemia, children

Abstract

The review article presents contemporary data of the role of hyperhomocysteinemia in the development of pathological conditions in pediatrics, starting from the prenatal period. It was shown that hyperhomocysteinemia is a risk factor for the development and progression of socially significant diseases - cardiovascular pathology, pathology of the nervous system, metabolic disorders and renal pathology, endothelial dysfunction and disorders in the homeostatic system.

Author Biographies

Маргарита Михайловна Гурова, St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University; Pediatric Clinical Diagnostic Center 194100, Saint-Рetersburg; 192289, St. Petersburg
Scientific research laboratory; Litovskaya str., 2; Oleko Dundicha str., 36, korp. 2; Doctor of Medicine, Head of the Department of Abdominal Pathology with Endoscopy and Functional Diagnostics, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory
Антонина Александровна Ртищева, First Saint Petersburg State Medical University 197022, St. Petersburg
ul. Leo Tolstoy, d. 6-8
Published
2020-12-07
How to Cite
Гурова, М. М., & Ртищева, А. А. (2020). Homocysteine - the biological role and clinical importance. Pediatric aspects (literature review). University Therapeutic Journal, 2(3), 49-54. Retrieved from https://ojs3.gpmu.org/index.php/Un-ther-journal/article/view/2472
Issue
Vol 2 No 3 (2020)
Section
Статьи