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Thymidylate synthase polymorphisms and risk of conotruncal heart defects.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Sept 2012
Zhu Huiping, Yang Wei, Shaw Nathan, Perloff Spencer, Carmichael Suzan L, Finnell Richard H, Shaw Gary M, Lammer Edward J
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated whether the two TYMS functional variants (28 bp VNTR and 1494del6) (275 cases and 653 controls) and six selected SNPs (265 case infants, 535 control infants; 169 case mothers and 276 control mothers) were associated with risks of conotruncal heart defects. Further, we evaluated interaction effects between these gene variants and maternal folate intake for risk of CTD. Cases with...
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