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Synergistic effect of methyltetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T and A1298C polymorphism as risk modifiers of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute - 1 Jun 2007
Kamel Azza M, Moussa Heba S, Ebid Gamal T, Bu Rong R, Bhatia Kishor G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: ALL is the most common pediatric cancer. The causes of the majority of pediatric acute leukemia are unknown and are likely to involve an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. Therefore, unfavourable gene-environmental interactions might be involved in the genesis of ALL. The aim of this work was to evaluate, in a case-control study, whether the common polymorphisms in 5,...
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