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Infant methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677TT genotype is a risk factor for congenital heart disease.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Aug 2001
Junker R, Kotthoff S, Vielhaber H, Halimeh S, Kosch A, Koch H G, Kassenböhmer R, Heineking B, Nowak-Göttl U
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Recently, an association between the homozygous C677T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene in infants with congenital neural tube defects or congenital oral clefts has been shown. However, no data are available so far with respect to the MTHFR 677TT genotype in children with underlying structural congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS: We investigated the MTHFR genotype in...
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