No effect of folic acid and methionine supplementation on D4Z4 methylation in patients with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 766-769

  van der Kooi, E L ^a   de Greef, J C ^b   Wohlgemuth, M ^a   Frants, R R ^b   van Asseldonk, R J G P ^a   Blom, H J ^a   van Engelen, B G M ^a   van der Maarel, S M ^b   Padberg, G W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA methylation; Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy; Folic acid; Methionine; Pilot study

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, FACIOSCAPULOHUMERAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33750488776     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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