Homocysteine, folate, vitamin B12 levels, and C677T MTHFR mutation in children with renal failure

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-229

  Canepa, Alberto ^a   Carrea, Alba ^a   Caridi, Gianluca ^a   Dertenois, Laura ^a   Minniti, Giuseppe ^a   Cerone, Roberto ^a   Canini, Silvana ^a   Calevo, Maria Grazia ^a   Perfumo, Francesco ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Folate; Homocysteine; MTHFR polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0038159610     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-002-1058-0     Document Type: Article

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