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The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-->T polymorphism and lung cancer risk in a Chinese population.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Jeng Yi-Lin, Wu Mei-Hsuan, Huang Han-Bin, Lin Wei-Yu, You San-Lin, Chu Tang-Yuan, Chen Chien-Jen, Sun Chien-An
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BACKGROUND: We examined the relationship of the MTHFR C677T genotype with the risk of lung cancer in a nested case-control study conducted in a cancer screening follow-up study in Taiwan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 59 histologically confirmed lung cancer cases and 232 cancer-free controls were recruited between July 1990 and December 2000. The MTHFR C677T genotype was determined by a PCR-restriction...
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