Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase Gene Variant (MTHFR C677T) and Migraine: A Case Control Study and Meta-analysis

BMC Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Samaan, Zainab ^a   Gaysina, Daria ^b   Cohen Woods, Sarah ^b   Craddock, Nick ^c   Jones, Lisa ^d   Korszun, Ania ^e   Owen, Mike ^c   Mente, Andrew ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^b   Farmer, Anne ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); 5 FORMYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOLIGASE; 5,10-METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE SYNTHETASE; LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENSION HEADACHE; ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 79957868471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2377-11-66     Document Type: Article

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