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Short Communication: Lack of association between MTHFR gene polymorphisms and response to methotrexate treatment in Pakistani patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences - 1 Sept 2015
Iqbal Mohammad Perwaiz, Ali Azra Arif, Mehboobali Naseema, Iqbal Khalida
Abstract excerpt
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphisms have been reported to be associated with response to methotrexate (MTX) in certain populations of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aims at investigating any relationship of two single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in MTHFR gene, C677T and A1298C with response to therapy with MTX in Pakistani RA patients. Allelic frequencies of the...
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