Maternal and offspring MTHFR gene C677T polymorphism as predictors of congenital atrial septal defect and patent ductus arteriosus

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 51-54

  Zhu, Wenli L ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Yan, Liying ^a   Dao, Jingjing ^a   Li, Shuqin ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ASD family; Gene polymorphism MTHFR PDA

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33645096433     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gah252     Document Type: Article

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