C677T mutation in the MTHFR gene was not found in patients with frontoethmoidal encephalocele in East Java, Indonesia

Pediatrics International

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-414

  Sadewa, Ahmad Hamim ^a   Sutomo, Retno ^a,b   Istiadjid, Mohamad ^a   Nishiyama, Kaoru ^b   Shirakawa, Taku ^b   Matsuo, Masafumi ^b   Nishio, Hisahide ^a,b  

^a BRAWIJAYA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5, 10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Frontoethmoidal encephalocele; Indonesia; Neural tube defect

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOCELE; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; ETHMOID BONE; FEMALE; FRONTAL BONE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OCCIPITAL BONE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SKULL; SPINE;

ADULT; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALOCELE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; MOTHERS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 4344664614     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01927.x     Document Type: Article

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