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Paternal transmission of MTHFD1 G1958A variant predisposes to neural tube defects in the offspring.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Jun 2016
Prasoona Kattekola R, Sunitha Tella, Srinadh Buragadda, Deepika Madireddy L N, Kumari Tiruvatturu M, Jyothy Akka
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AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the role of methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase (MTHFD1) G1958A variant (rs2236225) as a 'maternal, paternal, or embryonic' genetic risk factor for neural tube defect (NTD) susceptibility. It also estimated differential associations based on type of NTD, offspring sex, maternal-paternal-offspring genotype incompatibility, and parent-of-origin effects (POE) using both...
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