Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms in myeloid leukemia patients from Northeastern Brazil

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Barbosa, Cynara Gomes ^a   Souza, Claudio Lima ^a   de Moura Neto, José Pereira ^a   Arruda, Maria da Glória Bomfim ^b   Barreto, José Henrique ^c   Reis, Mitermayer Galvão ^a   Goncalves, Marilda Souza ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c Clinica Oncológica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AML; CML; MTHFR polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; RNA; TYROSINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 44649188071     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000100005     Document Type: Article

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