Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and high plasma homocysteine in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infected patients from the Northeast of Brazil

BACKGROUND/AIM: Hyperhomocysteinemia due to Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) gene, in particular the C677T (Ala222Val) polymorphism were recently associated to steatosis and fibrosis. We analyzed the frequency of MTHFR gene in a cross-sectional study of patients affected by Chronic Hepati...

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Autores principales: Siqueira, Erika RF, Oliveira, Cláudia PMS, Muniz, Maria TC, Silva, Filipe, Pereira, Leila MMB, Carrilho, Flair J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21854603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-10-86

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