Association between squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and serum folate and homocysteine

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3 B, 2006, Pages 2345-2348

  Eleftheriadou, Anna ^a,d   Chalastras, Thomas ^a   Ferekidou, Elisa ^c   Yiotakis, Ioannis ^c   Kyriou, Lambrini ^b   Tzagarakis, Michalis ^a   Ferekidis, Eleftherios ^c   Kandiloros, Dimitrios ^c  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; SCC of head and neck (SCCHN); Smoking

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING;

EID: 33745582521     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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