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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms are not a risk factor for pre-eclampsia/eclampsia in Australian women.
Gynecologic and obstetric investigation - 1 Jan 2000
Kaiser T, Brennecke S P, Moses E K
Abstract excerpt
In European and Japanese but not in Australian, American, and South African women, the C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism has been reported to be a genetic risk factor pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E). The recently described A1298C MTHFR gene polymorphism also results in reduced MTHFR enzyme activity, although to a lesser extent than the previously described C677T polymorphism....
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