Evaluation of C677T and A1298C polymorphisms of the MTHFR gene as maternal risk factors for Down syndrome and congenital heart defects.

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Published in Am J Med Genet A on October 01, 2009

Authors

Ana Paula Carneiro Brandalize1, Eliane Bandinelli, Pollyanna Almeida dos Santos, Israel Roisenberg, Lavínia Schüler-Faccini

Author Affiliations

1: Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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