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Hyperhomocysteinemia and MTHFR polymorphisms as antenatal risk factors of white matter abnormalities in two cohorts of late preterm and full term newborns.
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity - 1 Jan 2015
Marseglia Lucia M, Nicotera Antonio, Salpietro Vincenzo, Giaimo Elisa, Cardile Giovanna, Bonsignore Maria, Alibrandi Angela, Caccamo Daniela, Manti Sara, D'Angelo Gabriella, Mamì Carmelo, Di Rosa Gabriella
Abstract excerpt
Higher total homocysteine (tHcy) levels, and C677T and A1298C methylenetetrahydrofolate (MTHFR) polymorphisms, have been reported in preterm or full term newborns with neonatal encephalopathy following perinatal hypoxic-ischemic insult. This study investigated the causal role of tHcy and MTHFR polymorphisms together with other acquired risk factors on the occurrence of brain white matter abnormalities (WMA)...
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