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Stroke prevention - B vitamins
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 September 2013
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The association between elevated Hcy, the B vitamins linked to it, and stroke incidence and severity appears strong.
So far, a dozen RCTs, (almost all in patients with significant atherosclerosis), have tried to prevent stroke by reducing Hcy through various combinations of folate, B12 and B6. In only one trial did this clearly succeed.
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