Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphism and its association with coronary artery disease

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-8

  Guerzoni, Alexandre Rodrigues ^a   Pavarino Bertelli, Érika Cristina ^a   de Godoy, Moacir Fernandes ^a   Graça, Carla Renata ^a   Biselli, Patrícia Matos ^a   Souza, Dorotéia Rossi Silva ^a   Bertollo, Eny Maria Goloni ^a,b  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary arteriosclerosis; Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH2); Polymorphism genetic

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CINEANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 34249311991     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000100002     Document Type: Article

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