Evidence of association between Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase gene and susceptibility to breast cancer: A candidate-gene association study in a South-Eastern European population

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Papandreou, Christos N ^a   Doxani, Chrysa ^a   Zdoukopoulos, Nikos ^a   Vlachostergios, Panagiotis J ^a   Hatzidaki, Eleana ^a   Bakalos, Georgios ^a   Ziogas, Dimitris C ^b   Koufakis, Theocharis ^a   Zintzaras, Elias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84856715687     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2011.1292     Document Type: Article

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