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An MTHFR variant, plasma homocysteine levels and late-onset coronary artery disease in subjects from southern Iran.
Pakistan journal of biological sciences : PJBS - 15 Aug 2013
Saffari Babak, Senemar Sara, Karimi Mehran, Bahari Marzieh, Jooyan Najmeh, Yavarian Majid
Abstract excerpt
There have been many controversial debates on the role of Hyperhomocysteinaemia (HHcy) as an independent risk factor for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) during recent years. Furthermore, an alanine/valine (Ala/Val) gene polymorphism at 222nd amino acid of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) has been considered as a factor that could render this enzyme thermolabile and less active which in turn may...
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