
MTHFR C677T AND A1298C GENOTYPES AND HAPLOTYPES
IN SLOVENIAN COUPLES WITH UNEXPLAINED
INFERTILITY PROBLEMS AND IN EMBRYONIC TISSUES
FROM SPONTANEOUS ABORTIONS Stangler Herodež Š1,*, Zagradišnik B1, Erjavec Škerget A1,
Zagorac A1, Takač I2,3, Vlaisavljević V4, Lokar L5, Kokalj Vokač N1,2 *Corresponding Author: Dr. Špela Stangler Herodež, Laboratory of Medical Genetics, University Clinical Centre
Maribor, Ljubljanska ulica 5, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia; Tel.: 386-2-321-27-37; Fax.: 386-2-321-27-55; E-mail:
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