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Investigating the impact of the Down syndrome related common MTHFR 677C>T polymorphism in the Danish population.
Disease markers - 1 Jan 2009
Kokotas Haris, Grigoriadou Maria, Mikkelsen Margareta, Giannoulia-Karantana Aglaia, Petersen Michael B
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Chromosomal aneuploidy consists the leading cause of fetal death in our species. Around 50% of spontaneous abortions until 15 weeks of gestational age are chromosomally aneuploid, with trisomies accounting for 50% of the abnormal abortions. Trisomy 21 is the most common chromosome abnormality in liveborns and is usually the result of nondisjunction of chromosome 21 in meiosis in either oogenesis or...
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