Genotypes 677TT and 677CT+ 1298AC of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase are associated with the severity of ulcerative colitis in central China [10]

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 733-734

  Chen, M ^a   Xia, B ^a   Rodriguez Gueant, R M ^b   Bigard, M ^b   Gueant, J L ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 17644380328     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.062539     Document Type: Letter

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