Association of MTHFR genetic variants C677T and A1298C on predisposition to spontaneous abortion in Slavonic population

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 440, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-107

  Hubacek, Jaroslav A ^a   Rynekrova, Jitka ^a   Kasparova, Dita ^b   Adamkova, Vera ^a   Holmes, Michael V ^c   Fait, Tomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

MTHFR; Polymorphism; Predisposition; Pregnancy loss; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MTHFR GENE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAV (PEOPLE); SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; PREGNANCY;

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84911867743     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.11.018     Document Type: Article

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