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Association between dietary intake of folate and MTHFR and MTR genotype with risk of breast cancer.
Genetics and molecular research : GMR - 31 Oct 2014
He J M, Pu Y D, Wu Y J, Qin R, Zhang Q J, Sun Y S, Zheng W W, Chen L P
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the association between dietary intake of folate, vitamin B6, and the 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genotype with breast cancer. A matched case-control study was conducted, and 413 patients with newly diagnosed and histologically confirmed breast cancer and 436 controls were recruited. Folate intake, vitamin B6, and vitamin B12 levels were calculated, and the MTHFR C677T and...
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