Maternal gene polymorphisms involved in folate metabolism and risk of Down syndrome offspring: A meta-analysis

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 943-953

  Zintzaras, Elias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Gene; Meta analysis; MTHFR; MTRR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN SYNDROME; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK;

EID: 36148957850     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0202-x     Document Type: Article

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