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Methylenetetrahydrofolate-reductase gene C677T variant and kidney-transplant survival.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association - 1 Sept 1998
Liangos O, Kreutz R, Beige J, Offermann G, Distler A, Sharma A M
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UNLABELLED: BACKGROUND. Hyperhomocysteinaemia, a risk factor for atherosclerosis, is common in haemodialysis and renal-transplant patients. As atherosclerotic lesions in hyperhomocysteinaemia resemble those of chronic allograft injury, we examined the hypothesis that the C677T variant of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene, which is linked to elevated plasma homocysteine levels in patients with...
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