Lack of association between methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and ischaemic heart disease (IHD): Family-based association study in a Spanish population

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 235-239

  Gonzalez Perez E ^a   Via, M ^a   Lopez Alomar A ^a   Esteban, E ^a   Valveny, N ^a   Bao, M ^a   Domingo, E ^b   Moral, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Ischaemic heart disease (IHD); Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); Mutation; PCR RFLP; Transmission disequilibrium test

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYTOSINE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POINT MUTATION; SPAIN;

EID: 0036766528     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.620309.x     Document Type: Article

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