A common mutation A1298C in human methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene: Association with plasma total homocysteine and folate concentrations

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1656-1661

  Friedman, Gideon ^a   Goldschmidt, Netta ^a   Friedlander, Yechiel ^b   Ben Yehuda, Arie ^a   Selhub, Jacob ^d   Babaey, Sharona ^a   Mendel, Malka ^b   Kidron, Miriam ^c   Bar On, Hanoch ^c  

^a Lipid Research Laboratory   (Israel)

^b Sch of Pub Hlth and Comm Med   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Humans; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutation

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0032865186     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.9.1656     Document Type: Article

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