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Gene-gene interaction in folate-related genes and risk of neural tube defects in a UK population.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Apr 2004
Relton C L, Wilding C S, Pearce M S, Laffling A J, Jonas P A, Lynch S A, Tawn E J, Burn J
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contribution of polymorphic variation in genes involved in the folate-dependent homocysteine pathway in the aetiology of neural tube defects (NTD). DESIGN: Case-control association study. SUBJECTS: A total of 530 individuals from families affected by NTD, 645 maternal controls, and 602 healthy newborn controls from the northern UK. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Seven polymorphisms in six...
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