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Ubbink, JB
MSc(PU vir CHO) DSc(Pret) - Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 319 2550
Fax number: 012 328 3600
E-mail address: jubbink@medic.up.ac.za

Research interests:

The role of methionine-homocysteine metabolism in neural tube defects

Homocysteine metabolism

The role and interaction of Lp(a) and homocysteine in premature atherosclerosis

Familial hypercholesterolemia, abnormal homocysteine metabolism and vascular disease

Calcium and magnesium metabolism

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Fallon UB, Ben-Shlomo Y, Elwood PC, Ubbink JB, Davey Smith G: 2001. Homocysteine and coronary heart disease in the Caerphilly cohort: A 10 year follow up. Heart, 85(2)/Feb, pp 153-158.

Fallon UB, Elwood PC, Ben-Shlomo Y, Ubbink JB, Greenwood R, Davey Smith G: 2001. Homocysteine and ischaemic stroke in men: The Caerphilly Study. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55/Feb, pp 91-96.

Mbianda XY, Laurens JB, Ubbink JB, Vermaak WJH: 2001. Gas chromatography - mass spectrometric method for quantitation of phenylalanine and tyrosine in serum. Journal of Chromatography, 762(2)/Jul, pp 127-136.

Ubbink JB: 2001. Do we still need the 'wet' practical MRPath examination in chemical pathology?. Bulletin of the Royal College of Pathologists(114), pp 23-24.