Frequency of the mutation 677C-T of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene on a sample of 652 Spanish liveborn infants;Frecuencia de la mutación 677C-T del gen de la metilentetrahidrofolato reductasa en una muestra de 652 recién nacidos de toda España

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 361-364

  Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^a   Bermejo, Eva ^a   Rodríguez Pinilla, Elvira ^a   Scala, Iris ^b   Andria, Generoso ^b   Botto, Lorenzo ^c   Cuevas, L ^d   Aparicio, P ^d   Ariza, F ^d   Arroyo, I ^d   Ayala, A ^d   Barranco, F ^d   Blanco, M ^d   Bofarull, J M ^d   Calvo, M J ^d   Calvo, R ^d   Cardenes A ^d   Castro, S ^d   Contessotto, C ^d   Cortes M T ^d   Cucalon F ^d   Egues J ^d   Espinosa, M J ^d   Felix V ^d   Fernandez E ^d   Foguet, A ^d   Gairi, J M ^d   Galan E ^d   Garcia A ^d   Garcia M J ^d   Garcia M M ^d   Gomar, J L ^d   Gomez H ^d   Gomez F ^d   Gomez Ullate J ^d   Gonzalez De Dios J ^d   Gutierrez P ^d   Hernandez F ^d   Huertas, H ^d   Jimenez N ^d   Lertxundi, M M ^d   Lara, A ^d   Lopez J A ^d   Mancebo, E ^d   Marco, J J ^d   Martinez A ^d   Martinez N ^d   Martinez G ^d   Martinez S ^d   Marugan V ^d   Moral, A ^d   Morales, M C ^d   Moussallem, A ^d   Mujica I ^d   Olivan M J ^d   Paisan L ^d   Pardo, M ^d   Penas A ^d   Perez J L ^d   Puig, I ^d   Riano I ^d   Ribes, C ^d   Ripalda, M J ^d   Rosal, J ^d   Rota, L ^d   Rubio, J ^d   Sanchis, A ^d   Silveira, M ^d   Suarez M E ^d   De Tapia, J M ^d   Tauler, M C ^d   Valdivia, L ^d   Vazquez M S ^d   more..

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase; Mutation 677C T; T allele

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); THYMIDINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUTATION RATE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

EID: 2342638932     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059329     Document Type: Article

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