Study of genotype-phenotype correlation of methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphisms in a sample of Egyptian autistic children

Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 335-341

  Shawky, Rabah M ^a   El baz, Farida ^a   Kamal, Tarek M ^a   Elhossiny, Reham M ^a   Ahmed, Mona A ^a   El Nady, Ghada H ^b  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Autism; Egyptian children; Genotype phenotype; MTHFR gene; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOTINYLATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DSM-IV-TR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYBRIDIZATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 84908136203     PISSN: 11108630     EISSN: 20902441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmhg.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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