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COVID-19 spreading across world correlates with C677T allele of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene prevalence.
Journal of clinical laboratory analysis - 1 Jul 2021
Ponti Giovanni, Pastorino Lorenza, Manfredini Marco, Ozben Tomris, Oliva Gabriella, Kaleci Shaniko, Iannella Raffaele, Tomasi Aldo
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BACKGROUND: Homocysteine assessment has been proposed as a potential predictive biomarker for the severity of COVID-19 infection. The purpose of this review was to analyze the correlation between the prevalence of MTHFR C677 T gene polymorphism and COVID-19 incidence and mortality worldwide. METHODS: Data regarding MTHFR C677 T gene mutation were obtained from the interrogation of the Genome Aggregation Database...
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