Folate-metabolizing gene variants and pregnancy outcome of IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 603-614

  Laanpere, M ^a   Altmae S ^b,c   Kaart, T ^d   Stavreus Evers, A ^e   Nilsson, T K ^f   Salumets, A ^a,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Competence Centre on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^d ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g Centre for Infertility Treatment and Medical Genetics   (Estonia)

Author keywords

CTH; folate; FOLR1; MTHFR; SLC19A1; TCN2

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; TRANSCOBALAMIN II;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER PROTEIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 79958071903     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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