The potential cocarcinogenic effect of vitamin B12 deficiency

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1158-1163

  Friso, Simonetta ^a   Choi, Sang Woon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA methylation; Folate; One carbon metabolism; Uracil misincorporation into DNA; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CYANOCOBALAMIN; GENOMIC DNA; HOMOCYSTEINE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANEMIA; CANCER RISK; CARBON METABOLISM; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON MUCOSA; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CARBON; DNA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744505096     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2005.201     Document Type: Review

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