Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) allele frequencies in Amerindians

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Monsalve, Maria Victoria ^a   Salzano, F M ^b   Rupert, J L ^a   Hutz, M H ^b   Hill, K ^c   Hurtado, A M ^c   Hochachka, P W ^a   Devine, D V ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PRIMER DNA;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PERU; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALTITUDE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PERU; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 1542270266     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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