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| Brandalize,A.P.C.; Bandinelli,E.; Borba,J.B.; Félix,T.M.; Roisenberg,I.; Schüler-Faccini,L.. |
| Non-syndromic cleft lip and palate (CL/P) occurs due to interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Abnormalities in homocysteine metabolism may play a role in its etiology due to polymorphisms in genes involved in this pathway. Because of the involvement of MTHFR, MTR and MTRR genes with folate metabolism and the evidence that maternal use of folic acid in early pregnancy reduces the risk for CL/P, we evaluated the influence of their polymorphisms on the etiology of CL/P through a case-control study. The analyses involved 114 non-syndromic phenotypically white children with clefts (case) and 110 mothers, and 100 non-affected (control) children and their mothers. The polymorphisms 677C>T of MTHFR, 2756A>G of MTR, and 66A>G of MTRR genes... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Homocysteine; Cleft lip/palate; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Methionine synthase; Methionine synthase reductase. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000600006 |
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