Assessing the influence of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism on folate stability during long-term frozen storage, thawing, and repeated freeze/thawing of whole blood

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 966-972

  Fazili, Zia ^a   Sternberg, Maya R ^a   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate vitamers; Freeze thawing; Hemolysate; LC MS MS; Long term storage; MTHFR genotype

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME STABILITY; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THAWING;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; FOLIC ACID; FREEZING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TETRAHYDROFOLATES;

EID: 84859419759     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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