Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Polymorphism and Susceptibility to Cervical Cancer and Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia: A Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Luo, Ya Li ^a   Ye, Ping ^a   Zhang, Qiong Hua ^a   Hu, Ting Ting ^a   Luo, Min Hong ^a   Li, Mei Qing ^a   Chen, Qing ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2);

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MODELS, GENETIC; ODDS RATIO; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84867024975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046272     Document Type: Article

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