Archives of Medical Research
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 125-133 , February 2010

Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T and A1298C Polymorphisms and Gastric Cancer: A Meta-analysis

  • Xingli Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • Biopharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province-Incubator of State Key Laboratory, Harbin, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jianing Wu

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgery Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Peng Liang

      Affiliations

    • Neurosurgery Department, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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  • Jihong Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • Biopharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province-Incubator of State Key Laboratory, Harbin, China
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  • Lijie Yuan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • Biopharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province-Incubator of State Key Laboratory, Harbin, China
    • ,
  • Xinghan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
    • Biopharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province-Incubator of State Key Laboratory, Harbin, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Xinghan Liu, Biopharmaceutical Key Laboratory of Heilongjiang Province-Incubator of State Key Laboratory, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, 150081, China; Phone: 86-451-86676570; FAX: 86-451-86677243

Received 16 October 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2010.01.001

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 41, Issue 2 , Pages 125-133 , February 2010

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