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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and promoter methylation in cervical oncogenic lesions and cancer.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Apr 2013
Botezatu Anca, Socolov Demetra, Iancu Iulia V, Huica Irina, Plesa Adriana, Ungureanu Carmen, Anton Gabriela
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms and MTHFR methylation pattern in cervical lesions development among women from Romania, a country with high prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) cervical infections. To achieve this goal, blood samples and cervical cytology specimens (n = 77)/tumour tissue specimens (n = 23) were investigated. As...
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