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Maternal polymorphisms in folic acid metabolic genes are associated with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate in the Brazilian population.
Birth defects research. Part A, Clinical and molecular teratology - 1 Nov 2010
Bufalino Andreia, Ribeiro Paranaíba Lívia Máris, Nascimento de Aquino Sibele, Martelli-Júnior Hercílio, Oliveira Swerts Mario Sergio, Coletta Ricardo D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Polymorphisms in genes that are involved in folic acid metabolism may be important maternal risk factors for the birth of a child with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P). The aim of this study was to determine the involvement of polymorphic variants in four genes (MTHFR, MTHFD1, MTR, and SLC19A1) that encode proteins related to folic acid metabolism in the women with susceptibility for...
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