Association of total plasma homocysteine with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes 677C>T, 1298A>C, and 1793G>A and the corresponding haplotypes in Swedish children and adolescents

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 659-665

  Böttiger, Anna K ^a,b   Hurtig Wennlöf, Anita ^b   Sjöström, Michael ^c   Yngve, Agneta ^c   Nilsson, Torbjörn K ^a,b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247874526     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.19.4.659     Document Type: Article

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