Distribution of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (C667T) polymorphism and its association with red blood cell 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in the healthy Iranians

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-87

  Golbahar, J ^a   Fathi, Z ^a   Tamadon, Ma ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Folate requirements; Folate status; Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes; Red blood cell 5 methyltetrahydrofoalte

Indexed keywords

5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLIC ACID; 5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; IRAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RISK; RELIABILITY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IRAN; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TETRAHYDROFOLATES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 12744269673     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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