Prevalent genotypes of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR C677T and A1298C) in spontaneously aborted embryos

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Bae, Jeehyeon ^a,b   Shin, Seung Joo ^a   Cha, Sun Hee ^a   Choi, Dong Hee ^a   Lee, Suman ^b   Kim, Nam Keun ^a  

^a Bundang CHA Hospital   (South Korea)

^b CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

abortion; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); polymorphism; SNP; spontaneously aborted embryo

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846572439     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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