Interaction between maternal 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T and methionine synthase A2756G gene variants to increase the risk of fetal neural tube defects in a Shanxi Han population

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 865-869

  Liu, Zhi Zhen ^a,b   Zhang, Jun Tao ^a,b   Liu, Dan ^a,b   Hao, Yu Hui ^a,b   Chang, Bing Mei ^a,b   Xie, Jun ^a,b   Li, Pei Zhen ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ^*  (China)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

5, 10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Genetic polymorphisms; Interaction; Methionine synthase; Neural tube defects

Indexed keywords

5, 10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); GENOMIC DNA; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5, 10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHIONINE SYNTHASE GENE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84875339212     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20121688     Document Type: Article

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