Polymorphisms of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), methionine synthase (MTR), methionine synthase reductase (MTRR), and thymidylate synthase (TYMS) in multiple myeloma risk

Leukemia Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Lima, Carmen S P ^a   Ortega, Manoela M ^a   Ozelo, Margareth C ^a   Araujo, Renato C ^a   De Souza, Cármino A ^a   Lorand Metze, Irene ^a   Annichino Bizzacchi, Joyce M ^a   Costa, Fernando F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

MTHFR gene; MTR gene; MTRR gene; Multiple myeloma; Susceptibility; TYMS gene

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); METHIONINE SYNTHASE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; AGED; FEMALE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 39749150673     PISSN: 01452126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leukres.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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