Polymorphism (C677T) in the 5,10-Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene: A preliminary study on north Indian men

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-107

  Vasisht, Suman ^a   Gulati, R ^a   Narang, R ^a   Srivastava, N ^a   Srivastava, L M ^a   Manchanda, S C ^a   Agarwal, D P ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Genetic polymorphism; Hyperhomocysteinemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247599662     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02867949     Document Type: Article

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