Evaluation of the MTHFR C677T allele and the MTHFR gene locus in a German spina bifida population

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 487-492

  Koch, M C ^a   Stegmann, K ^a   Ziegler, A ^b   Schroter B ^c   Ermert, A ^c  

^a Medizinisches Zentrum H   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Kinderneurologisches Zentrum L   (Germany)

Author keywords

5,10 Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase variant; Folic acid; Homocysteine; Neural tube defects; Spina bifida aperta

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERMANY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GERMANY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0031832956     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310050860     Document Type: Article

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