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The reduced folate carrier (RFC1) 80G > A and folate hydrolase 1 (FOLH1) 1561C > T polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal cancer: a nested case-referent study.
Scandinavian journal of clinical and laboratory investigation - 1 Jan 2008
Eklöf V, Van Guelpen B, Hultdin J, Johansson I, Hallmans G, Palmqvist R
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OBJECTIVE: Polymorphisms in genes involved in folate uptake and metabolism may affect folate status and, thereby, the risk of cancer. In this nested case-referent study, we related two such polymorphisms, reduced folate carrier (RFC1) 80G > A and folate hydrolase 1 (FOLH1) 1561C > T, to the risk of colorectal cancer, taking into account pre-diagnostic plasma folate and total homocysteine concentrations and the...
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