Folate pathway and nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-60

  Blanton, Susan H ^a   Henry, Robin R ^b   Yuan, Quiping ^b   Mulliken, John B ^c   Stal, Samuel ^d   Finnell, Richard H ^e   Hecht, Jacqueline T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Folate metabolism; Genetics; Homocysteine; Methionine; Nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate (NSCLP)

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ARTICLE; BHMT2 GENE; CLEFT LIP PALATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENDER; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MTHFS GENE; MTR GENE; NOS3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC19A1 GENE; TYMS GENE;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOLIC ACID; GENES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER PROTEIN; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EPINEPHELUS AENEUS;

EID: 78751510845     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20740     Document Type: Article

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