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. 1997 Dec;61(6):1459–1460. doi: 10.1086/301640

The frequency of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase-gene mutation varies with age in the normal population.

S Matsushita, T Muramatsu, H Arai, T Matsui, S Higuchi
PMCID: PMC1716067  PMID: 9399898

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