Smoking, folate and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase status as interactive determinants of adenomatous and hyperplastic polyps of colorectum

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-254

  Ulvik, Arve ^a   Evensen, Espen Thiis ^b   Lien, Ernst A ^a   Hoff, Geir ^b   Vollset, Stein Emil ^a   Majak, Bernhard M ^b   Ueland, Per Magne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism; Colorectal adenomas; Folate status; Smoking

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0035400131     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1370     Document Type: Article

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