Genetic polymorphism of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) as a risk factor for coronary artery disease

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2032-2036

  Morita, Hiroyuki ^a   Taguchi, Jun Ichi ^a   Kurihara, Hiroki ^a   Kitaoka, Masao ^b   Kaneda, Hideaki ^c   Kurihara, Yukiko ^a   Maemura, Koji ^a   Shindo, Takayuki ^a   Minamino, Tohru ^a   Ohno, Minoru ^a   Yamaoki, Kazuhide ^a   Ogasawara, Ken ^c   Aizawa, Tadanori ^c   Suzuki, Shin ^a   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b THE CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Chibanishi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

coronary disease; genetics; myocardial infarction; risk factors

Indexed keywords

METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030897112     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.8.2032     Document Type: Article

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