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MTHFR 677TT genotype increases the risk for cervical artery dissections.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Aug 2006
Kloss M, Wiest T, Hyrenbach S, Werner I, Arnold M-L, Lichy C, Grond-Ginsbach C
Abstract excerpt
The methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism was studied in 174 German patients with cervical artery dissection (CAD). The results were compared with published data on 927 healthy German controls. In the series of patients, the frequency of T alleles and of TT carriers was slightly higher (13.8%) than among the healthy controls (10.6%). In patients with multiple dissections (n = 50), the...
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