Homocysteine levels are associated with MTHFR A1298C polymorphism in Indian population

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 655-663

  Kumar, Jitender ^a   Das, Swapan K ^a   Sharma, Priyanka ^a   Karthikeyan, Ganesan ^b   Ramakrishnan, Lakshmy ^b   Sengupta, Shantanu ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

A1298C; C677T; Cysteine; Homocysteine; India; Indian population; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INDIAN; LINGUISTICS; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTEINE; FOOD HABITS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; INDIA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 28844467623     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-005-0313-1     Document Type: Article

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