Myocardial infarction in a newborn heterozygous for the MTHFR C677T mutation

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 232-236

  Clark, Amy B ^a   Stokes, Theophil A ^b   Krous, Henry F ^c   Carbine, Douglas N ^d  

^a Naval Hospital Oak Harbor   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

MTHFR mutation; Myocardial infarction; Neonate; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; CREATINE KINASE MB; PROTHROMBIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TROPONIN I;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; RESUSCITATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX; THROMBOPHILIA;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 84865233299     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/11-09-1088-CR.1     Document Type: Article

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