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SUBMITTER: Erculj N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4110085 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Erculj Nina N Kotnik Barbara Faganel BF Debeljak Marusa M Jazbec Janez J Dolzan Vita V
Radiology and oncology 20140710 3
<h4>Background</h4>We evaluated the influence of folate pathway polymorphisms on high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) related toxicity in paediatric patients with T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL).<h4>Patients and methods</h4>In total, 30 NHL patients were genotyped for selected folate pathway polymorphisms.<h4>Results</h4>Carriers of at least one MTHFR 677T allele had significantly higher MTX area under the time-concentration curve levels at third MTX cycle (P = 0.003). These patients were also at h ...[more]