Polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase as disease modifier - A déjà-vu in Wilson disease?

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 753-755

  Ferenci, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ALLELE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SYNTHESIS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; WILSON DISEASE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEPATOLENTICULAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POINT MUTATION;

EID: 80052936212     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.02.025     Document Type: Editorial

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