Infant C677T MTHFR polymorphism and severe mental retardation

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-26

  Shaw, Gary M ^a   Jelliffe Pawlowski, Laura ^b   Nelson, Verne ^a   Zhu, Huiping ^c   Harris, John A ^a   Finnell, Richard H ^c  

^a California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Case control; Epidemiology; Folate; Genotyping; Mental retardation

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; FOLIC ACID; THYMINE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA METHYLATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FILTER; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MTHFR GENE; NEWBORN SCREENING; PAPER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES; ALLELES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846027900     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20321     Document Type: Article

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