BHMT gene polymorphisms as risk factors for cleft lip and cleft palate in a Chinese population

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-93

  Hu, Ying ^a   Chen, ErJun ^b   Mu, Yue ^a   Li, JinLu ^a   Chen, RenJi ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without palate; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

BETAINE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; BHMT PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955908085     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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