Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene mutations as risk factors for sudden hearing loss

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 383-387

  Capaccio, Pasquale ^a   Ottaviani, Francesco ^a   Cuccarini, Valeria ^a   Ambrosetti, Umberto ^b   Fagnani, Enrico ^b   Bottero, Alessandro ^a   Cenzuales, Salvatore ^a   Cesana, Bruno Mario ^c   Pignataro, Lorenzo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; WILD TYPE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION;

EID: 27644475768     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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