The one-carbon-cycle and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism in recurrent major depressive disorder; Influence of antidepressant use and depressive state?

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-123

  Lok, A ^a   Mocking, R J T ^a   Assies, J ^a   Koeter, M W ^a   Bockting, C L ^b   De Vries, G J ^a   Visser, I ^a   Derks, E M ^a   Kayser, M ^c   Schene, A H ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Folate; Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2) genetics; Vitamin B6

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; PYRIDOXINE; CARBON; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON CYCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CARBON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECURRENCE; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84901677722     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.04.048     Document Type: Article

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