The C677T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene in Koreans

Korean Journal of Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-28

  Park, Kyung Sook ^a   Podskarbi, T ^b   Yoo, Eun Ai ^a   Shin, Yoon Sook ^c  

^a Sungshin Women's University   (South Korea)

^b Medical Immunological Laboratory   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

C677T mutation; Korean; MTHFR

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032343873     PISSN: 02545934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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