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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphisms and the risk of colorectal carcinoma in a sample of Egyptian individuals.
Cancer biomarkers : section A of Disease markers - 1 Jan 2009
El Awady Mostafa K, Karim Amr M, Hanna Laila S, El Husseiny Lamia A, El Sahar Medhat, Menem Hanan A Abdel, Meguid Nagwa A
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The study was planned as a pilot study to investigate two common polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene c.677C > T and c.1298A > C and their association with enhanced risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in a sample of Egyptian individuals. Venous blood samples were withdrawn from 35 cases of CRC and 68 healthy controls. Specimens from colonic and rectal carcinoma tissues in addition to cancer free tissues were obtained from...
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