The relationship between homocysteine and genes of folate-related enzymes in migraine patients

Headache

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-168

  Oterino, Agustin ^a   Toriello, Maria ^a   Valle, Natalia ^a   Castillo, Jesus ^b   Alonso Arranz, Ana ^a   Bravo, Yolanda ^c   Ruiz Alegria, Carlos ^a   Quintela, Estrella ^a,b   Pascual, Julio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b Servicio Cantabro de Salud Polanco   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE BURGOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Folate related genes; Homocysteine; Migraine with aura; MTHFR

Indexed keywords

5' 10' METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE AURA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 74249124090     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2009.01484.x     Document Type: Article

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