Genetic and environmental influences on plasma homocysteine: Results from a Danish twin study

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 971-979

  Bathum, Lise ^a,b   Petersen, Inge ^b   Christiansen, Lene ^a,b   Konieczna, Agnieszka ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^b  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Centre for Health and Society   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REGISTER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWIN PREGNANCY;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; NICOTINAMIDE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 34248340354     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.082149     Document Type: Article

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