A methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism and the risk of colorectal cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4862-4864

  Chen, Jia ^a,c,d   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,c   Kelsey, Karl ^a,c   Rimm, Eric B ^a,c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Hunter, David J ^a,b,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALCOHOL; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHANOL; FOLIC ACID; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029855024     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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