Heavy metals and genetic variations in folate metabolism pathway: A gene-environment interaction.

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Heavy metals are capable of inducing toxicity even at lower levels and the contamination adversely impact humans, animals, and plants thus, resulting in variety of health issues. Thus, the present study investigated the presence of metals in the serum of mothers (n = 77) having Down syndrome children and healthy control mothers (n = 86) and the possible association of heavy metals with genotype. We found that...

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