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Inflammatory profile, age of onset, and the MTHFR polymorphism in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 May 2011
Alatab Sudabeh, Hossein-nezhad Arash, Mirzaei Khadijeh, Mokhtari Fatemeh, Shariati Gholamreza, Najmafshar Azam
Abstract excerpt
Both genetic and inflammatory factors are suspected in the etiology of multiple sclerosis (MS). Of genetic factors, the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism has been associated with increased levels of plasma homocysteine, a neuronal excitotoxic amino acid. Sclerotic patients also have elevated levels of plasma and CSF homocysteine. In this study, the association between C677T...
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