Polymorphisms in the thymidylate synthase and serine hydroxymethyltransferase genes and risk of adult acute lymphocytic leukemia

Blood

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 3786-3791

  Skibola, Christine F ^a,b,c   Smith, Martyn T ^a,b,c,d   Hubbard, Alan ^a,b,c   Shane, Barry ^a,b,c   Roberts, Abby C ^a,b,c   Law, Graham R ^a,b,c   Rollinson, Sara ^a,b,c   Roman, Eve ^a,b,c   Cartwright, Raymond A ^a,b,c   Morgan, Gareth J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Leukaemia Research Fund Centre for Clinical Epidemiology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0037093272     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood.V99.10.3786     Document Type: Article

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