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Original Article
A Study of Homocysteine Metabolism related Neural Tube Defect
Baeck Hee Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(1):110-114.   Published online January 15, 1998
Purpose : Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase is an important enzyme in homocysteine metabolism. Since the identification of the gene locus and mutation of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, an increasing number of reports have suggested that elevated levels of homocysteine were associated with various kinds of arteriovascular disease and neural tube defect. Our research plans to investigate whether elevated levels of homocysteine are more common with neural tube defect and...