Folate and related micronutrients, folate-metabolising genes and risk of ovarian cancer

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1133-1140

  Webb, P M ^a   Ibiebele, T I ^a   Hughes, M C ^a   Beesley, J ^a   Van Der Pols, J C ^a   Chen, X ^a   Nagle, C M ^a   Bain, C J ^a,b   Chenevix Trench, G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

folate; MTHFR; ovarian cancer; vitamin B

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHIONINE SYNTHASE GENE; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE GENE; METHYLENE TETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE GENE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5-METHYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE-HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICRONUTRIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 80053954477     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2011.99     Document Type: Article

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