Infant C677T mutation in MTHFR, maternal periconceptional vitamin use, and cleft lip

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 196-198

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Rozen, Rima ^b   Finnell, Richard H ^c   Todoroff, Karen ^a   Lammer, Edward J ^d  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Gene environment interaction; Vitamins

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG USE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CYTOSINE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PREGNANCY; THYMINE; VITAMINS;

EID: 0031785528     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19981116)80:3<196::AID-AJMG2>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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