Polymorphisms of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase and risk of gastric cancer in a Chinese population: A case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 332-336

  Shen, Hongbing ^a,b   Xu, Yaochu ^a   Zheng, Yuxin ^b   Qian, Yun ^a   Yu, Rongbin ^a   Qin, Yu ^a   Wang, Xinru ^a   Spitz, Margaret R ^b   Wei, Qingyi ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Folate intake; Gastric cancer; Genetic polymorphism; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALANINE; CYSTEINE; FOLIC ACID; THREONINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035922101     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20010920)95:5<332::AID-IJC1058>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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