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Folate intake, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms, and risk of esophageal cancer.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2011
Zhao Pengcheng, Lin Fengsong, Li Zhe, Lin Baisong, Lin Jing, Luo Rongcheng
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Genetic and environmental factors may play roles in the pathogenesis of esophageal cancer and susceptibility may be modified by functional polymorphisms in folate metabolic genes, such as methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR). We here evaluated associations of the MTHFR C677T polymorphism and folate intake with esophageal cancer. METHODS: A matched hospital-based case-control study with 155 esophageal...
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