Polymorphisms of genes involved in the folate metabolic pathway impact the occurrence of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 845-851

  Luo, Li ^a   Chen, Yueming ^b   Wang, Li ^b   Zhuo, Guangchao ^b   Qiu, Chunning ^b   Tu, Qiaofeng ^b   Mei, Jin ^b   Zhang, Wen ^b   Qian, Xia ^b   Wang, Xianjun ^a,b  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

folate metabolism; gene polymorphism; haplotype; unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; REDUCED FOLATE CARRIER; 5 METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE HOMOCYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MTHFR PROTEIN, HUMAN; MTR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HYDATIDIFORM MOLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SYNDROME; UTERUS MALFORMATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ABORTION, HABITUAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936060795     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719114565033     Document Type: Article

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