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Serum homocysteine, lipid profile and BMI as atherosclerotic risk factors in children with numerical chromosomal aberrations

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Authors thank El- Azhar university and National Research Centre for their help and collaboration.

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  1. Medical Biochemistry Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

    Eman R. Youness & Sherien M. El-Daly

  2. Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

    Hanaa Reyad Abdallah

  3. Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, El-Tahrir Street, PO:12622, Giza, Egypt

    Hala T. El-Bassyouni & Hisham Megahed

  4. Human Cytogenetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

    Azzah A. Khedr

  5. Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

    Marwa Elhady

  6. Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Walaa Alsharany Abuelhamd

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Conceptualization: ER, HT and HM, Data curation: ME, SM, AA, HR and WA, formal analysis: ME and HR, Investigation: AA and HR, Writing—review & editing: ER, ME and HT.

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Youness, E.R., El-Daly, S.M., Abdallah, H.R. et al. Serum homocysteine, lipid profile and BMI as atherosclerotic risk factors in children with numerical chromosomal aberrations. World J Pediatr 18, 443–448 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12519-022-00534-4

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