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Higher incidence of C677T polymorphism of the MTHFR gene in North Indian patients with vascular disease.
Vascular - 1 Apr 2012
Bhargava S, Ali A, Parakh R, Saxena R, Srivastava L M
Abstract excerpt
Homocysteine is a sulfur-containing amino acid, which is derived from dietary methionine. Hyperhomocysteinemia has been implicated in vascular disease for over a decade now, and can be treated with B vitamins. Among its causes is polymorphism of the MTHFR gene, the most common being the cytidine to thymidine at position 677 (MTHFR C677T), which gives rise to three genotypes - normal homozygous CC, heterozygous CT...
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