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Can bleeding risk when switching from VKA treatment to a NOAC in frail, elderly patients be accurately compared if individual times in therapeutic range while on VKA treatment are not captured?
Individual times in the therapeutic range while on VKA treatment was not registered in FRAIL-AF.
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Would you change an elderly, frail patient with atrial fibrillation who is already on a NOAC to VKA treatment?
In FRAIL-AF, switching VKA therapy to a NOAC was associated with higher risk of bleeding in elderly, frail patients. 
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Do you think that home INR monitoring is a feasible option for elderly, frail patients with atrial fibrillation on VKA treatment, given variations in socioeconomic status and access to care?
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Do you consider bleeding risk in elderly, frail patients with atrial fibrillation to be similar for all NOACs?
In FRAIL-AF, participants were switched from VKA to dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, and edoxaban.
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How do you approach the symptomatic management of central vertigo in a patient with minimal improvement on (or contraindication to) meclizine?
1 Answer available
How will you treat a young man with recurrent cryptogenic strokes with no identifiable cause, with MTHFR A1298C homozygous mutation and normal homocysteine level?
1 Answer available
Is LP indicated for patients with recurrent thunderclap headaches over a 4-week period and negative head imaging for SAH?
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What are your top takeaways from AAN 2022?
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Atherosclerosis, 2001-06
The 1298A-->C polymorphism in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR): in vitro expression and association with homocysteine.
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2008-10
Associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in folate uptake and metabolizing genes with blood folate, homocysteine, and DNA uracil concentrations.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics, 2008-12
Variants of folate metabolism genes and the risk of conotruncal cardiac defects.
Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2012-01
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism A1298C (Glu429Ala) predicts decline in renal function over time in the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Trial and Veterans Affairs Hypertension Cohort (VAHC).
Human genetics, 2012-05
Strong protective effect of the aldehyde dehydrogenase gene (ALDH2) 504lys (*2) allele against alcoholism and alcohol-induced medical diseases in Asians.
PeerJ, 2013
Integrating precision medicine in the study and clinical treatment of a severely mentally ill person.
Nature, 2016-08-18
Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans.
Am J Hum Genet, 1998 May
A second common mutation in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene: an additional risk factor for neural-tube defects?
Am J Reprod Immunol, 2011 Jan 18
Analysis of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, integrin beta3, beta fibrinogen, and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms in Iranian women with recurrent pregnancy loss.
Am J Reprod Immunol, 2012 Aug 06
Plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene mutations in iranian women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
BMC Cancer, 2008 Nov 07
Low-penetrance alleles predisposing to sporadic colorectal cancers: a French case-controlled genetic association study.
BMJ Case Rep, 2012 Nov 15
Neonatal stroke associated with de novo antiphospholipid antibody and homozygous 1298C/C methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase mutation.
BMJ Case Rep, 2013 Jun 13
Bilateral consecutive optic neuropathy in a patient with thrombophilia.
Mol Biol Rep, 2010 Jun 08
The association between methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphism and lung cancer risk.
Mol Biol Rep, 2010 Nov 16
Association of deep venous thrombosis with prothrombotic gene polymorphism identified in lung cancer cases.
Nat Genet, 2008 Jul
Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis of genetic association studies in schizophrenia: the SzGene database.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2001 Mar 13
Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and risk of molecularly defined subtypes of childhood acute leukemia.
Mol Biol Rep, 2018 Mar 29
CBS mutations and MTFHR SNPs causative of hyperhomocysteinemia in Pakistani children.
Transfus Apher Sci, 2014 Jan 08
Association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (A1298C and C677T) polymorphisms with retinal vein occlusion in Tunisian patients.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med, 2015 Jul 02
Thrombophilic genes alterations as risk factor for recurrent pregnancy loss.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg, 2013 Mar 21
Association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase A1298C polymorphism but not of C677T with multiple sclerosis in Tunisian patients.
J Hum Genet, 2006 Feb 18
MTHFR C677T and A1298C polymorphisms are risk factors for Down's syndrome in Indian mothers.
Circulation, 2023 Aug 27
Safety of Switching from a Vitamin K Antagonist to a Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant in Frail Older Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Results of the FRAIL-AF Randomized Controlled Trial.

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