Prevalence of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T mutation in patients with varicose veins of lower limbs

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-36

  Sverdlova, A M ^a   Bubnova, N A ^a   Baranovskaya, S S ^a   Vasina, V I ^a   Avitisjan, A O ^a   Schwartz, E I ^a  

^a PETERSBURG NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICOSIS;

EID: 0031662967     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1997.2638     Document Type: Editorial

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