Metabolic effects of C677T and A1298C mutations at the MTHFR gene in Brazilian children with neural tube defects

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 318, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 139-143

  Cunha, Andrea L A ^a   Hirata, Mario H ^a   Kim, Chong A ^a   Guerra Shinohara, Elvira M ^a   Nonoyama, Kymio ^b   Hirata, Rosario D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; MTHFR mutation; Neural tube defects; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; VITAMINS;

EID: 0036184259     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00764-1     Document Type: Article

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