MTHFR 677TT genotype increases the risk for cervical artery dissections

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 951-952

  Kloss, M ^a   Wiest, T ^a   Hyrenbach, S ^a   Werner, I ^a   Arnold, M L ^a   Lichy, C ^a   Grond Ginsbach, Caspar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ARTERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GERMANY; NECK; PATHOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NECK; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746302811     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.089730     Document Type: Article

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