MTHFR 677C→T and 1298A→C polymorphisms in children with Down syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia in Brazil

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 744-750

  Amorim, Marcia R ^a   Zanrosso, Crisiane Wais ^a   Magalhaes, Isis Q ^a,b   Pereira, Simone C ^a,c   Figueiredo, Alexandre ^a   Emerenciano, Mariana ^a   Pinheiro, Vitoria Regia ^d   D'Andrea, Maria Lydia ^e   Orioli, Ieda M ^c   Koifman, Sergio ^f   Pombo De Oliveira, Maria S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b Hospital de Apoio de Brasília   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d CENTRO INFANTIL BOLDRINI   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Estadual Infantil Darcy Vargas   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

1298A C; 677C T; Acute leukemia; Down syndrome; MTHFR

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN SYNDROME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 57449117957     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08880010802435104     Document Type: Article

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