Plasma homocysteine, MTHFR C677T, CBS 844ins68bp, and MTHFD1 G1958A polymorphisms in spontaneous cervical artery dissections

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1242-1248

  Konrad, Carsten ^a   Müller, Georg A ^a   Langer, Claus ^a   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^a   Berger, Klaus ^a   Nabavi, Darius G ^a   Dziewas, Rainer ^a   Stögbauer, Florian ^a   Ringelstein, Erich B ^a   Junker, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical artery dissection; Cystathionine beta synthase; Homocysteine; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Stroke

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYSTATHIONINE BETA SYNTHASE; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HOMOCYSTINURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING HABIT; SPONTANEOUS CERVICAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYSTATHIONINE BETA-SYNTHASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PTEROYLPOLYGLUTAMIC ACIDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 8744223089     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0523-z     Document Type: Article

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