Maternal MTHFR genotype and haplotype predict deficits in early cognitive development in a lead-exposed birth cohort in Mexico City

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 226-234

  Pilsner, J Richard ^a   Hu, Howard ^a,b   Wright, Robert O ^b,c,d   Kordas, Katarzyna ^e   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^b,c   Sánchez, Brisa N ^a   Cantonwine, David ^a   Lazarus, Alicia L ^a   Cantoral, Alejandra ^f   Schnaas, Lourdes ^g   Téllez Rojo, Martha Maria ^f   Hernández Avila, Mauricio ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PERINATOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^h Ministry of Public Health   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID; LEAD; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MEXICO; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; SCORING SYSTEM; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADOLESCENT; BONE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; LEAD POISONING; METABOLISM; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AND BONES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MEXICO; MOTHERS; PARITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954614583     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28839     Document Type: Article

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