Publications by authors named "Slava Gavendo"
Purpose: To assess the relationship between plasma homocysteine levels and exudative neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Methods: A prospective comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in outpatient ophthalmology clinics in a university-affiliated medical institution.
Objective: Elevated plasma homocysteine has been found to be a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease as well as cerebral vascular disease, suggesting that some risk factors can accelerate or increase the severity of several CNS disease processes. The authors measured plasma homocysteine levels in patients with chronic schizophrenia in their catchment area.
Method: A one-way analysis of covariance with age and sex as covariates was performed on the total plasma homocysteine levels of 193 patients with schizophrenia compared with 762 subjects without the diagnosis of schizophrenia who were evaluated in a screening program for employee health.
Hyperhomocysteinemia is an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis in adult patients on dialysis or after kidney transplantation. There are few data on homocysteine (Hcy) concentrations in children under these circumstances. The aim of our study was to evaluate plasma Hcy levels and their determining factors in children on renal replacement therapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Levels of homocysteine, methylmalonic acid, and relevant vitamins were measured and evaluated in patients with oral dysphagia (OD) receiving long-term care (LTC).
Methods: Group A was composed of 26 orally fed patients, and group B was composed of 25 patients who were fed by nasogastric tube. All patients were hospitalized in the LTC departments of the Geriatric Medical Center, Shmuel Harofe.