Association of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms with basal cell carcinoma development

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Wódz Naskiewicz, Karolina ^a   Narbutt, Joanna ^a   Rogowski Tylman, Michał ^a   Pawliczak, Rafał ^a   Sobjanek, Michał ^b   Sysa Jȩdrzejowska, Anna ^a   Włodarkiewicz, Adam ^b   Lesiak, Aleksandra ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Cancerogenesis; MTHFR gene polymorphism

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952396202     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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