Association of blood lead levels with methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms among Chinese pregnant women in Wuhan City

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Shen, Wei ^a   Zhang, Bin ^b   Liu, Shuyun ^a   Wu, Hongling ^b   Gu, Xue ^a   Qin, Lingzhi ^b   Tian, Ping ^b   Zeng, Yun ^a   Ye, Linxiang ^a   Ni, Zemin ^c   Wang, Qi ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan Women and Children Medical Care Center   (China)

^c Women and Children Medical Center of Jiang an District   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); GRAPHITE; LEAD; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GESTATION PERIOD; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MTHFR GENE; OSTEOLYSIS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEAD; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923781943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117366     Document Type: Article

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