MTHFR mutation

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Hi,

I first learned about the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene on

this group, so I thought I would post my question here.

First off, my son is going to his first DAN! appt in about a week. I assume they

will test his urine, hair, blood, etc. One thing for sure is that he is doing

really well with taking digestive enzymes. This makes me think that he's got a

problem with creating his own digestive enzymes for reasons currently unknown.

One of the reasons might be mercury, could be viral stuff, low-level bacterial

stuff ... but then there's that new thing I read about here .... MTHFR ... which

maybe can be picked up initially via urine analysis?

Anyway, it occurred to me tonight that my son has these ASD thingies going on.

Then, there's my daughter who has Chiari Malformation Type I, which is a

congenital problem, related to neural tube defects.

I google'd it and MTHFR mutations are associated with Chiari Malformation. (see

this article, although there are others:

http://www.springerlink.com/content/hrqlfp1qgj5tle9c/

Anyway, has anyone else researched this already? Or, do you have 2 children that

have ASD and/or Chiari or spina bifida or tethered cord or any sort of other

neural tube defect type)?

It sure would be interesting if I find the missing " link " here on my two

sweeties.