Comorbidity of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and methionine synthase gene polymorphisms and risk for neural tube defects [3]

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 949-951

  Johanning, G L ^a   Tamura, T ^a   Johnston, K E ^a   Wenstrom, K D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LETTER; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5,10-METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); 5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; COMORBIDITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034537259     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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