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Family history, plasma homocysteine, and age at onset of symptoms of myocardial ischemia in patients with different methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genotypes.
The American journal of cardiology - 15 Jun 2005
Mager Aviv, Koren-Morag Nira, Shohat Mordechai, Harell Daniella, Battler Alexander
Abstract excerpt
A high plasma homocysteine level is associated with early onset of coronary artery disease (CAD), particularly in homozygotes for the C677T mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene. Family history is a predictor of increased plasma homocysteine and may be involved in early...
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