Association of the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphism in Korean patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Anticancer Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4 B, 2006, Pages 2879-2881

  Kim, Nam Keun ^a   Chong, So Young ^a   Jang, Moon Ju ^a   Hong, Seung Ho ^b   Kim, Heung Sik ^c   Cho, Eun Kyung ^d   Lee, Jung Ae ^e   Ahn, Myung Ju ^f   Kim, Chul Soo ^g   Oh, Doyeun ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Gachon University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

^f Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; ALL; Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase; MTHFR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KOREA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; KOREA; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 33746718726     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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