Association of Red-blood Methylfolate but not Plasma Folate with C677T MTHFR Polymorphism in Venous Thromboembolic Disease

I. Quéré; R. Wutschert; J. Zittoun; H. Bellet; G. Reber; J. C. Gris; C. Janbon; J. F. Schved; P. de Moerloose

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615450

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Thromb Haemost 1998; 80(04): 707-709
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615450

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Association of Red-blood Methylfolate but not Plasma Folate with C677T MTHFR Polymorphism in Venous Thromboembolic Disease

I. Quéré

¹From the Internal Medicine Department and Haematology Laboratory, University Hospital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France

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R. Wutschert

²Angiology and Haemostasis Division, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland

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J. Zittoun

³Biochemical Laboratory, University Hospital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France

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H. Bellet

⁴Haematology Laboratory, University Hospital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France

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G. Reber

²Angiology and Haemostasis Division, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland

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J. C. Gris

⁵Haematology Laboratory, University Hospital Doumergue, Nîmes, France

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C. Janbon

¹From the Internal Medicine Department and Haematology Laboratory, University Hospital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France

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J. F. Schved

¹From the Internal Medicine Department and Haematology Laboratory, University Hospital Saint Eloi, Montpellier, France

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P. de Moerloose

²Angiology and Haemostasis Division, University Hospital Geneva, Switzerland

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