Genetic variability in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene (MTHFR) affects clinical expression of Wilson's disease

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 913-919

  Gromadzka, Grayna ^a,b   Rudnicka, Magdalena ^b   Chabik, Grzegorz ^a   Przybyłkowski, Adam ^b   Członkowska, Anna ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

5,10 Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR); ATPase7B (ATP7B); Copper; Genotype; Homocysteine; Phenotype; Polymorphism; Wilson's disease

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); A1298C PROTEIN; C677T PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WILSON DISEASE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERULOPLASMIN BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; COPPER METABOLISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; WILSON DISEASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHILD; COPPER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PHENOTYPE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052920363     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.01.030     Document Type: Article

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