Susceptibility to spina bifida; An association study of five candidate genes

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 379-396

  Morrison, K ^a   Papapetrou, C ^a   Hol, F A ^b   Mariman, E C M ^b   Lynch, S A ^c   Burn, J ^c   Edwards, Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; GLYCINE;

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; UNITED KINGDOM;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICE; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032448182     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003480098007088     Document Type: Article

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