Mandatory fortification with folic acid in the United States appears to have adverse effects on histone methylation in women with pre-cancer but not in women free of pre-cancer

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-137

  Piyathilake, Chandrika J ^a   Macaluso, Maurizio ^a   Celedonio, Jorge E ^a   Badiga, Suguna ^a   Bell, Walter C ^b   Grizzle, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; Folic acid; Fortification; Histone methylation

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HISTONE H3;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM;

EID: 77953436400     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/ijwh.s6521     Document Type: Article

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