Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms That Affect Homocysteine Levels in Turkish Population

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 701-704

  Koã, Yasemin L ^a   Akar, Nejat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; cystathionine synthase; dihydrofolate reductase; homocysteine; thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75549083516     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029608320719     Document Type: Article

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