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A case-parent triad assessment of folate metabolic genes and the risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Nov 2012
Lupo Philip J, Nousome Darryl, Kamdar Kala Y, Okcu M Fatih, Scheurer Michael E
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PURPOSE: We conducted a case-parent triad study evaluating the role of maternal and offspring genotypes in the folate metabolic pathway on childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) risk. METHODS: Childhood ALL case-parent triads (n = 120) were recruited from Texas Children's Hospital. DNA samples were genotyped using the Sequenom iPLEX MassARRAY for 68 tagSNPs in six folate metabolic pathway genes (MTHFR,...
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