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The MTHFR 677TT and 677CT/1298AC genotypes in Cypriot patients may be predisposing to hypertensive nephrosclerosis and chronic renal failure.
International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology - 1 Sept 2005
Koupepidou P, Deltas C, Christofides T C, Athanasiou Y, Zouvani I, Pierides A
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AIM: The homozygous 677TT mutation of the MTHFR gene has been linked to deep vein thrombosis and to arterial atherosclerotic events of the coronary, carotid and peripheral arteries. Its putative association with renal arteriosclerosis and chronic renal failure (CRF) in the presence of hypertensive nephrosclerosis is yet to be investigated. METHODS: Two hundred and twenty-one Greek-Cypriot patients with CRF from...
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