Infants' MTHFR polymorphisms and nonsyndromic orofacial clefts susceptibility: A meta-analysis based on 17 case-control studies

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 158 A, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2162-2169

  Pan, Yongchu ^a   Zhang, Weibing ^a   Ma, Junqing ^a   Du, Yifei ^a   Li, Dandan ^a   Cai, Qi ^a   Jiang, Hongbing ^a   Wang, Meilin ^a   Zhang, Zhengdong ^a   Wang, Lin ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Case control study; Infants; Meta analysis; MTHFR; Nonsyndromic orofacial clefts; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FACE MALFORMATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUTH MALFORMATION; OROFACIAL CLEFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; WILD TYPE;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84865541363     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35503     Document Type: Article

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