Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) 677T→C Mutation and Unexplained Early Pregnancy Loss

Elvira Grandone; Maurizio Margaglione; Donatella Colaizzo; Marina d’Addedda; Giovanna D’Andrea; Giuseppe Pavone; Giovanni Di Minno

doi:10.1055/s-0037-1615122

Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Table of Contents

Thromb Haemost 1998; 79(05): 1056-1057
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1615122

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Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) 677T→C Mutation and Unexplained Early Pregnancy Loss

Authors

Elvira Grandone

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Maurizio Margaglione

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Donatella Colaizzo

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Marina d’Addedda

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Giovanna D’Andrea

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Giuseppe Pavone

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy
Giovanni Di Minno

¹From the Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis Unit and Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, I.R.C.C.S. “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza”, S. Giovanni R. (FG); and Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy

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