MTHFR 677C → T mutation, folate intake, neural-tube defect, and risk of cardiovascular disease

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9078, 1997, Pages 603-604

  Wilcken, D E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); OXIDOREDUCTASE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; MATERNAL CARE; MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITION; RISK FACTOR;

CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030611076     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63320-X     Document Type: Note

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