Influence of a methionine synthase (D919G) polymorphism on plasma homocysteine and folate levels and relation to risk of myocardial infarction

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 667-672

  Chen, Jia ^a,b,f   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Ma, Jing ^b   Selhub, Jacob ^d   Malinow, M Rene ^e   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Division of Preventive Medicine   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Methionine synthase; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035864635     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00469-X     Document Type: Article

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