Homocysteine levels - Before and after methionine loading - In 51 Dutch families

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-762

  den Heijer, Martin ^a   Graafsma, Sietze ^b   Lee, Soon Young ^c   van Landeghem, Bart ^b   Kluijtmans, Leo ^a   Verhoef, Petra ^d   Beaty, Terri H ^c   Blom, Henk ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CPRLab   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

B vitamins; Heritability; Homocysteine; Methionine loading test; MTHFR; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYTOSINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; THYMINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIET RESTRICTION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20544472852     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201389     Document Type: Article

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