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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene C677T polymorphism, plasma homocysteine and folate in end-stage renal disease dialysis and non-dialysis patients.
Nephron - 1 Sept 2002
Zychma Marcin J, Gumprecht Janusz, Grzeszczak Wladyslaw, Zukowska-Szczechowska Ewa
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: It has been recently suggested that the presence of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene 677TT genotype is associated with younger age at initiation of dialysis, thus raising a hypothesis that younger renal patients carrying the TT genotype are at higher risk to develop end-stage renal disease. The aim of this study was to test the association between the C677T polymorphism and the presence of...
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