Lack of association between the C677T MTHFR polymorphism and colorectal hyperplastic polyps

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-433

  Ulrich, Cornelia M ^a,b   Kampman, Ellen ^c   Bigler, Jeannette ^a   Schwartz, Stephen M ^a,b   Chen, Chu ^a   Bostick, Roberd ^d   Fosdick, Lisa ^e   Beresford, Shirley A A ^a,b   Yasui, Yutaka ^a   Potter, John D ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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