A C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism and G20210A mutation in the prothrombin gene of sickle cell anemia patients from Northeast Brazil

Hemoglobin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 237-241

  Couto, Fábio David ^a   Vilas Boas, Wendell ^a   Lyra, Isa ^b,c   Zanette, Ângela ^c   Dupuit, Marie France ^b   Tavares Almeida, Mari Ney ^b   Galvão Reis, Mitermayer ^a   Souza Gonçalves, Marilda ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Ambulatorio de Hematologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); Prothrombin gene; Salvador Bahia, Brazil; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTHROMBIN; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 4544305476     PISSN: 03630269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/HEM-120040308     Document Type: Article

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