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Gene variants in the folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism (FOCM) pathway as risk factors for conotruncal heart defects.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 May 2012
Zhu Huiping, Yang Wei, Lu Wei, Etheredge Analee J, Lammer Edward J, Finnell Richard H, Carmichael Suzan L, Shaw Gary M
Abstract excerpt
We evaluated 35 variants among four folate-mediated one-carbon metabolism pathway genes, MTHFD1, SHMT1, MTHFR, and DHFR as risk factors for conotruncal heart defects. Cases with a diagnosis of single gene disorders or chromosomal aneusomies were excluded. Controls were randomly selected from area hospitals in proportion to their contribution to the total population of live-born infants. Odds ratios (OR) and the...
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