Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T polymorphism in patients with gastric and colorectal cancer in a Korean population

BMC Cancer

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Cui, Lian Hua ^a   Shin, Min Ho ^b   Kweon, Sun Seog ^b,c   Kim, Hee N ^c   Song, Hye Rim ^b   Piao, Jin Mei ^b   Choi, Jin Su ^b   Shim, Hyun J ^c   Hwang, Jun E ^c   Kim, Hyeong Rok ^c   Park, Young Kyu ^c   Kim, Soo Hyun ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; THYMINE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2);

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; KOREA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; ASIAN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; ENZYMOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH TUMOR;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952641690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-10-236     Document Type: Article

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