Folic acid supplementation, MTHFR and MTRR polymorphisms, and the risk of childhood leukemia: The ESCALE study (SFCE)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1265-1277

  Amigou, Alicia ^a,b   Rudant, Jérémie ^a,b,c   Orsi, Laurent ^a,b   Goujon Bellec, Stéphanie ^a,b,c   Leverger, Guy ^d,e   Baruchel, André ^e,f   Bertrand, Yves ^g   Nelken, Brigitte ^h,i   Plat, Geneviève ^j   Michel, Gérard ^k   Haouy, Stéphanie ^l   Chastagner, Pascal ^m   Ducassou, Stéphane ⁿ   Rialland, Xavier ^o,p   Hémon, Denis ^a,b   Clavel, Jacqueline ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c National Registry of Childhood Hematopoietic Malignancies   (France)

^d ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^g Institut d'Hemato Oncologie Pediatrique   (France)

^h LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

ⁱ UNIV LILLE   (France)

^j HÔPITAL DES ENFANTS   (France)

^k TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^l HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

ⁿ HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^o Hopital Mere Enfant CHU de Nantes   (France)

^p ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; Folic acid; Gene environment interaction; Metabolism; MTHFR; MTRR

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; METHIONINE SYNTHASE REDUCTASE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLATE METABOLISM; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL TREATMENT; MTHFR GENE; MTRR GENE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TELECONSULTATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 84864877162     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0004-0     Document Type: Article

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