Archives of Medical Research
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 246-250 , May 2010

C677T Polymorphism of the 5,10 MTHFR Gene in Young Mexican Subjects with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction

  • Irma Isordia-Salas

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Investigación Médica en Trombosis, Hemostasia y Aterogénesis, H.G.R. No. 1, Dr. Carlos MacGregor Sánchez Navarro, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Irma Isordia-Salas, M.D. PhD, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Thrombosis Research, Apartado Postal B32, Coahuila No. 5, Mexico, D.F. 06703, Mexico; Phone: (+52) (55) 5639-5822 ext. 20883; FAX: 55 56826051
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  • Adriana Trejo-Aguilar

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Investigación Médica en Trombosis, Hemostasia y Aterogénesis, H.G.R. No. 1, Dr. Carlos MacGregor Sánchez Navarro, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • Ma. Guadalupe Valadés-Mejía

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Investigación Médica en Trombosis, Hemostasia y Aterogénesis, H.G.R. No. 1, Dr. Carlos MacGregor Sánchez Navarro, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • David Santiago-Germán

      Affiliations

    • Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • Alfredo Leaños-Miranda

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Investigación Médica en Medicina Reproductiva UMAE, Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia No. 4, Luis Castelazo Ayala, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • Lorena Mendoza-Valdéz

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • Ricardo Jáuregui-Aguilar

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • Gabriela Borrayo-Sánchez

      Affiliations

    • Hospital de Cardiología, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México
    • ,
  • Abraham Majluf-Cruz

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Investigación Médica en Trombosis, Hemostasia y Aterogénesis, H.G.R. No. 1, Dr. Carlos MacGregor Sánchez Navarro, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, D.F., México

Received 15 January 2010 ,Accepted 13 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2010.04.008

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 246-250 , May 2010

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