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An increased risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in Iran with the 677C→T homozygous polymorphism in the MTHFR Gene.
Cancer epidemiology - 1 Feb 2011
Fard-Esfahani Pezhman, Fard-Esfahani Armaghan, Saidi Parinaz, Fayaz Shima, Mohabati Reyhaneh, Majdi Mina
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BACKGROUND: Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) involves in folic acid metabolism which influences DNA methylation. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) called 677C→T in MTHFR gene causes producing a thermolabile enzyme with reducing function and eventually defects DNA methylation. To d...
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