Roles of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism in repeated pregnancy loss

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 343-345

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Polymorphism; Repeated pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHILIA;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 22544443919     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960501100315     Document Type: Article

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