Association between maternal MTHFR polymorphisms and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in offspring, a meta-analysis based on 15 case-control studies

International Journal of Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 463-480

  Pan, Xinjuan ^a,b   Wang, Ping ^b   Yin, Xinjuan ^a   Liu, Xiaozhuan ^a   Li, Di ^a   Li, Xing ^a   Wang, Yongchao ^a   Li, Hongle ^a   Yu, Zengli ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cleft lip; Meta analysis; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Indexed keywords

METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; PROGENY;

EID: 84922548794     PISSN: 2008076X     EISSN: 20080778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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