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MTHFR c.1793G>A polymorphism is associated with congenital cardiac disease in a Chinese population.
Cardiology in the young - 1 Jun 2010
Xu Jing, Xu Xiaohan, Xue Lei, Liu Xiang, Gu Haiyong, Cao Hailong, Qiu Wanshan, Hu Zhibin, Shen Hongbing, Chen Yijiang
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether genetic variants in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) and methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (MTHFD) genes are associated with risk of congenital cardiac disease. BACKGROUND: Accumulative evidence suggests that hyperhomocysteinaemia is associated with risk of congenital cardiac disease. Inherited polymorphisms in key folate metabolic pathway genes, MTHFR and...
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