Investigations of single nucleotide polymorphisms in folate pathway genes in Chinese families with neural tube defects

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 61-66

  Liu, Jian ^a,b   Qi, Jing ^b   Yu, Xiao ^a   Zhu, Jie ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^a   Ning, Qin ^a   Luo, Xiaoping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Xiangyang Central Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Case parental control study; Folate; Genetic association; Neural tube defects; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; Spina bifida

Indexed keywords

CASE-PARENTAL CONTROL STUDY; FOLATE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS; SPINA BIFIDA;

BETAINE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894032596     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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