The association between specific genetic, demographic and lifestyle factors related to homocysteine concentrations in black South Africans undergoing an epidemiological transition / Cornelie Nienaber

Background: Homocysteine (Hcy) has been implicated in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and is influenced by demographic, environmental and genetic factors including single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the genes encoding for methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), cystathione-β-synthase (C...

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Main Author: Nienaber, Cornelie
Language:en
Published: North-West University 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4983