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Chronic insomnia in the setting of MTHFR polymorphism.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine - 1 Apr 2022
Kapoor Vidhi, Watson Nathaniel F, Ball Lonnele
Abstract excerpt
We present a patient with chronic insomnia resistant to traditional pharmacologic (eg, sedative-hypnotics) and nonpharmacologic (eg, cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia) therapy. A finding of elevated serum homocysteine triggered a whole-genome sequencing analysis which revealed a homozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene polymorphism (C677T/C677T; dbSNP rs1801133). Interventions targeting...
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