Association between parental MTHFR gene polymorphism 677C/T and nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate in offspring

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 464-467

  Wang, Su Mei ^a   Wang, Jian Hua ^b   Yu, Jian Chun ^a   Wei, Bin ^a   Wang, Ke Hua ^c   Liu, Jin Yun ^a   Dong, Yun Ling ^a   Lv, Xue Mei ^a  

^a Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Health   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

677C T polymorphism; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate; Polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism

Indexed keywords

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CLEFT LIP PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FATHER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; NONSYNDROMIC CLEFT LIP AND PALATE; PARENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84866746285     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-9406.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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