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Homocysteine concentrations and molecular analysis in patients with congenital heart defects.
Archives of medical research - 1 Feb 2007
Galdieri Luciano C, Arrieta Santiago R, Silva Célia M C, Pedra Carlos A C, D'Almeida Vânia
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital heart defects are the result of incomplete heart development and, like many diseases, have been associated with high homocysteine concentration. METHODS: We evaluated homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B(12) concentrations, and the mutations 677C>T and 1298A>C in MTHFR, 844ins68 in CBS and 2756A>G in MTR genes in 58 patients with congenital heart defects, 38 control subjects, and mothers...
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