Head and neck cancer susceptibility: A genetic marker in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene

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Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 241-245

  Kureshi, Nelofar ^a   Ghaffar, Shehzad ^b   Siddiqui, Sammer ^a   Salahuddin, Iftikhar ^b   Frossard, Philippe M ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Epithelial squamous cell carcinoma; Head and neck cancer; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CANCER TISSUE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PAKISTAN;

EID: 10844273083     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081120     Document Type: Article

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