Analyses of the NRAMP1 and IFN-γR1 genes in women with Mycobacterlum avium-intracellulare pulmonary disease

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 377-381

  Huanc, Judy H ^a   Oefner, Peter J ^a   Adi, Virginia ^a   Ratnam, Krishna ^a   Ruoss, Stephen J ^a   Trako, Edmund ^a   Kao, Peter N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; NATURAL RESISTANCE ASSOCIATED MACROPHAGE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031912837     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.157.2.9706012     Document Type: Article

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