Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism and congenital heart disease: A meta-analysis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2101-2108

  Nie, Yu ^a   Gu, Haiyong ^a   Gong, Jie ^b   Wang, Jue ^a   Gong, Dingxu ^a   Cong, Xiangfeng ^a   Chen, Xi ^a,c   Hu, Shengshou ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Genetic polymorphisms; Meta analysis; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR)

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GENOTYPE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84863036873     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.673     Document Type: Article

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