Abstract The Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism is
associated with various diseases (vascular, cancers, neurology, diabetes, psoriasis, etc) …

e289 preparations are needed before blood testing. Occasionally, a practitioner may order a
fasting homocysteine level, which requires fasting for 10 hours before the blood draw …

Context: It has been suggested that elevated total plasma homocysteine levels are
associated with the risk of venous thrombosis. Objective: To assess the relationship of …

We conducted a systematic and comprehensive meta-analysis on all candidate genes to
assess their genetic contribution to the aetiology of venous thromboembolism …

During the fifteen years since the bestselling first edition of Folate in Health and Disease
was published, there have been thousands of new research studies related to folate and its …

The authors evaluated whether statistically significant violations of Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium (HWE) or the magnitude of deviations from HWE may contribute to the problem …

Background Increased homocysteine levels are related to the occurrence of venous
thrombosis, but whether this relation is causal is unclear. The T-variant of the common …

Hypercoagulability can result from a variety of inherited and, more commonly, acquired
conditions. Testing for the underlying cause of thrombosis in a patient is complicated both by …

Background Rare genetic variants play a critical role in unprovoked pulmonary embolism
(PE). However, the known risk genes only account a small proportion of patients with PE …

Background China may have the largest number of Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS) cases in
the world (at least 1914 original papers were published, and at least 20 191 BCS patients …