HLA antigen profile in pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their spouses

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 107, Issue APR., 1998, Pages 155-158

  Selvaraj, P ^a   Uma, H ^a   Reetha, A M ^a   Kurian, S M ^a   Xavier, Theresa ^a   Prabhakar, R ^a   Narayanan, P R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Antigen profile; HLA A, B, DR and DQ; Pulmonary TB patients; Spouses (family contacts)

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA A10 ANTIGEN; HLA A19 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA B15 ANTIGEN; HLA B17 ANTIGEN; HLA B35 ANTIGEN; HLA B7 ANTIGEN; HLA B8 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQ1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR5 ANTIGEN; HLA DR6 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPOUSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HLA ANTIGENS; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR2 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; MALE; SPOUSES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0031941087     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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