Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase TT genotype as a predictor of cardiovascular risk in hypertensive adolescents

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-141

  Koo, Hee Sun ^a   Lee, Hee Sook ^a   Hong, Young Mi ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Carotid intima media thickness; Hypertension; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotype

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALDOSTERONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; RENIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSE WAVE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 38349182162     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9103-1     Document Type: Article

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