Polymorphisms in genes involved in folate metabolism as maternal risk factors for down syndrome

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-630

  Hobbs, Charlotte A ^a   Sherman, Stephanie L ^b   Yi, Ping ^c   Hopkins, Sarah E ^a   Torfs, Claudine P ^d   Hine, R Jean ^a   Pogribna, Marta ^c   Rozen, Rima ^e   James, S Jill ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAMMAL; MEIOSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONDISJUNCTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033846999     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303055     Document Type: Article

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