Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms and the risk of anencephaly in Mexico

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Muñoz, Julia Blanco ^a   Lacasaña, Marina ^a,b   Cavazos, Ricardo García ^c   Borja Aburto, Victor Hugo ^d   Galavíz Hernández, Carlos ^e   Garduño, Clemente Aguilar ^f  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e CENTRO MÉDICO NACIONAL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE   (Mexico)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anencephaly; Mexico; MTHFR polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALANINE; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; THREONINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEXICO; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; ANENCEPHALY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MEXICO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34447528913     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gam017     Document Type: Article

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