Hi Person perso
Welcome to NeuroTalk - I see that, as usual, you have got a lot of good ideas from other members.
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Originally Posted by Person perso
elevated homocysteine (10.1umol/L) possibly caused by the fact I'm a compound heterozygote (not that I fully understand what that means)
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Generally, a homocysteine level of less than 13umol/L is considered OK.
A key enzyme in production of homocysteine is called methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR for short). There are a number of known mutations in the gene which codes for MTHFR. Probably you have inherited one mutation from your mother and a different one from your father - ie, you are a "
compound heterozygote" as far as the MTHFR gene is concerned.
You might find the information here helpful;
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/111/19/e289.full .