Testing Candidate Genes that May Affect Susceptibility to Leprosy

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 456-460

  Cervino, Alessandra C L ^a   Curnow, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0031407190     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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