Prevalence of the C677T substitution of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in wisconsin

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 458-459

  Qi, Zhongxia ^a   Hoffman, Gary ^b   Kurtycz, Daniel ^b,c   Yu, Jingwei ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Allele frequency; C677T substitution; Genotype; Newborn

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYSTEINE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0344898475     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GIM.0000095001.12570.A8     Document Type: Article

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